John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon were political writers who published in London during the early eighteenth century. Together they authored two serial sets of essays titled Catos Letters and the Independent Whig. Trenchard and Gordons works were well known in London and became popular in the British North American colonies. This study examines the use and influences of Trenchard and Gordons works in eighteenth-century British America. More specifically, Professor Barry demonstrates that Trenchard and Gordons works were taken out of context and taught colonists a mode of action, which set the groundwork for the American Revolution.
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