... fact that America had many slaves; most colonist owned slaves, and seeing this system firsthand assured Americans that they did not want to become enslaved to Great Britain. In John Dickinson's "Letter 2" from Letters from a Farmer he writes, "If Great-Britain can order us to come to her for necessaries we want, and can order us to pay ... we take them away, or when we land them here, we are as abject slaves as France and Poland can show in wooden shoes, and with uncombed hair", [Dic68]. Dickinson is warning colonists that if they allow themselves to be coerced by Great Britain they wil...

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... Washington as Commander-in-Chief. The Congress would become the legislative branch of the war effort that would sign treaties, make declarations and appoint ambassadors. Some delegates, most notably John Dickinson, wanted to avoid the war where he sent a petition to the Parliament known as the Olive Branch Petition. This petition expressed their wishes for peace and to appeal to the ... ...

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... right to put taxes on the trade of the colonies but could not place taxes directly on the colonists to raise revenue(America Online). The spokesperson of the colonies, John Dickinson, wrote in his "Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer," on the issue of direct taxes. He distinguished between taxes that were imposed to regulate trade and those that were intended solely to ... ...

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... their point by damaging property. The last example of the colonists' conservative attitude is the Olive Branch Petition. The Olive Branch Petition was written (in very polite language) by John Dickinson just after the beginning of the war demanding three things: a cease-fire at Boston, repeal of the Coercive Acts, and negotiations about American rights. The King refused to even read ... ...

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