Sugar Act - Document 3 Document Analysis: RICHARD BLAND, The Colonel Dismounted, Thoughts from an American Citizen in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1764, EXCERPT
Directions: Read the document below and answer the analysis questions that follow 1 2 3 4 5 6 If then the People of this Colony are free born and have a Right to the Liberties and Privileges of English Subjects, they must necessarily 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 made. . . . if the Parliament should impose Laws upon us, we ought to have representation in that parliament... 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?