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That it would be treating them as a conquered people, and not as true British subjects.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “That it would be treating them as a conquered people, and not as true British subjects.”
Editor's note · Context
Franklin argues that treating the colonies as conquered territory undermines their status as loyal British subjects.
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