Sugar act - document 3
document analysis: richard bland, the colonel dismounted. thoughts from a
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and. the colonel dismounted. thoughts from an american citizen in williamsburg. virginia
directions: read the document below and answer the analysis questions that follow
then the people of this colony are free born and have a right to the liberties and privileges of english subjects, they must
cessarily have a legal constitution, that is, a government composed, in part, of the representatives of the people, who may enact
laws for the internal government of the colony, and suitable to its various circumstances and occasions; and without such a
representative, i am bold enough to say, no law can be if the parliament should impose laws upon us, we ought to have
representation in that part of our birthright as englishmen is being governed by laws made with our own consent, this is
being violated at the present terms by a parliament we have no representation in
analysis questions:
1) sourcing: is this a primary source or a secondary source?
2) sourcing: where is the author of this source from? whose perspective is missing from these three sugar act documents?
3) close reading: what reasons does the author provide for not agreeing with the recent british taxes imposed on the american
colony?