Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Thoughts on Circular Letter of the Boston Committee

Though directed by the colonists to the other colonists, this is a very unifying letter. The writers are saying that what has happened in Boston (the shutdown of their ports) will most certainly happen to everyone else if they are not united in their cause and stand against the deliberate attack on their liberty. Multiple times, the writer speaks of the unity the colonies must have in this time, also making a sort of equality between all men. I thought that the last statement, "we are, gentlemen, Your friends and fellow countrymen", is a huge statement. This alone shows the unity the colonies had, with each other personally and nationally. This unity and nationalism is what will lead to breaks from Britain and the alliance of the Americans against them.

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