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"With a good deal of surprise I have observed that little notice has been taken of an act of Parliament...If the Parliament may lawfully deprive New York of any of her rights,it may deprive any or all the other colonies of their rights;and nothing can possibly so much encourage such attempts as a mutual inattention to the interest of each other.To divide and thus to destroy is the first political maxim in attacking those who are powerful by their union.He certainly is not a wise man who folds his arms and reposes himself at home,seeing with unconcern the flames that have invaded his neighbor's house without using any endeavors to extinguish them."
Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer,The Boston Chronicle,1767
-The Pennsylvania Farmer's complaint about the actions of the British can best be explained by the American belief in

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The Pennsylvania Farmer argues that the act of Parliament depriving New York of its rights could potentially lead to the deprivation of rights for all the other colonies. He emphasizes that mutual inattention to each other's interests can encourage such attempts, and concludes that "to divide and thus to destroy is the first political maxim in attacking those who are powerful by their union." This suggests that he believes in the inviolability of natural rights and the necessity of union among the British North American colonies to protect those rights.

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