Washington's Farewell Address : Webster's First Bunker Hill Monument Oration, And Other Patriotic Selections
The book Washington's Farewell Address : Webster's First Bunker Hill Monument Oration, And Other Patriotic Selections was written by author Washington, George, 1732-1799 Here you can read free online of Washington's Farewell Address : Webster's First Bunker Hill Monument Oration, And Other Patriotic Selections book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Washington's Farewell Address : Webster's First Bunker Hill Monument Oration, And Other Patriotic Selections a good or bad book?
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(1) The first part presents the general reasons on the part of the colonies for renouncing their allegiance to Great Britain. It asserts certain views as to the rights of man which were at that time by no means generally accepted. These were, that all men are possessed of certain natural rights which it should be the object of those intrusted with power to protect — that to the people belongs the right to establish or change a gov- ernment — that when a form of government has become despotic it... hs the right and duty of the people to make such. Alk-IEKICAX PATEIOTIC SELECTIONS. 71 radical changes as may seem most likely to remove abuses and preserve their rights. (2) The second part contains an enumeration of the tyrannical acts of the King of England, some of which were: — depriving the people of their lawful rights as Eng- lish subjects, imposing taxes without their consent and cutting off their trade with other countries, sending armies of foreign soldiers among them whom they were compelled to support, and the actual waging of war and destroying the lives of the people.
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