1776 JOSIAH TUCKER. Just Give the Americans the Country & Be Done with It! Benjamin Franklin Interest. Reformer Boston: Crosby

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1776 JOSIAH TUCKER. Just Give the Americans the Country & Be Done with It! Benjamin Franklin Interest. Reformer Boston: CrosbyA 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