The claim of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined: in a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in America

The claim of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined: in a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in America

Published in 1765 by British official and pamphleteer William Knox, The claim of the colonies to an exemption from internal taxes imposed by authority of Parliament, examined is a defense of Parliament's absolute power to tax the American colonies. Written in response to escalating colonial protests (such as those against the Stamp Act), the pamphlet systematically dismantles the colonial arguments for "no taxation without representation."

1765

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RBR U.S. 1765.Z5