title: Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II: The Authority To Tax (v. 2)
author: John Phillip Reid
description: "Essential reading for any serious student of the American Revolution."<br /><br />"Brilliantly executed.... a compelling intellectual force that deserves the closest scrutiny."
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  A Plan for Colonial Union
  
  
  [LETTER I. CONCERNING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN
  
  
  CHOOSING THE RULERS BY WHOM TAXES ARE IMPOSED
  
  [LETTER II. ON THE IMPOSITION OF DIRECT TAXES UPON
  
  
  THE COLONIES WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT
  
  [LETTER III. ON THE SUBJECT OF UNITING THE COLONIES
  
  
  MORE INTIMATELY WITH GREAT BRITAIN BY ALLOWING THEM REPRESENTATIVES IN
  
  
  PARLIAMENT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # A Plan for Colonial Union
  
  
  ### Benjamin Franklin
  
  
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  * LETTER I. CONCERNING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN
  
  
  CHOOSING THE RULERS BY WHOM TAXES ARE IMPOSED
  
  
  * LETTER II. ON THE IMPOSITION OF DIRECT TAXES UPON
  
  
  THE COLONIES WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT
  
  
  * LETTER III. ON THE SUBJECT OF UNITING THE COLONIES
  
  
  MORE INTIMATELY WITH GREAT BRITAIN BY ALLOWING THEM REPRESENTATIVES IN
  
  
  PARLIAMENT
  
  
  
  
  
  ### LETTER I. CONCERNING THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IN
  
  
  CHOOSING THE RULERS BY WHOM TAXES ARE IMPOSED
  
  
  TUESDAY 