1776 JOSIAH TUCKER. Just Give the Americans the Country & Be Done with It! Benjamin Franklin Interest. Reformer West Ward Grove

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1776 JOSIAH TUCKER. Just Give the Americans the Country & Be Done with It! Benjamin Franklin Interest. Reformer West Ward GroveA rather scarce work, published just in advance of the issuance of the Declaration of Independence. In it, Tucker argues the American Colonies were essentially a giant pain in the backside and that the best course for England was to just let them have the country [which Wesley calls the "untamed wilds"]. Tucker believed America had been nothing but a backwater drain on England economically and politically. It was a tad late. Tucker, Josiah. A Series