Based on this document, what can

you infer about what life was like in

the colonies in the 1770s?


Document:


My Friends and Countrymen,



This howling wilderness has been converted into a flourishing and

populous country. But, is this not due to the way in which the

colonies have been treated from the beginning? Isn’t our growth a

result of Great Britain’s willingness to encourage our industry and

protect us from foreign countries? If so, surely some degree of

gratitude, such as becomes a free and liberal people, would be

appropriate.



The peace and security we have already enjoyed under Great

Britain’s protection, before the mistaken system of taxation took

place, must make us look back with regret to those happy days

whose loss we mourn, and which every rational man must consider

as the golden age of America.



Let us then, my friends