6 sentences with 'pamphlet'
Example sentences and phrases with the word pamphlet and other words derived from it.
• « The title page of What is the Third Estate, a very influential pamphlet written by a liberal cleric, the Abbé Sieyès, in the run-up to the Estates General. His argument: the Third Estate was "all", representing the nation of France as a whole. »
• « In his famous pamphlet Reflections on the French Revolution, he wrote "It is said that twenty-four millions must prevail over two hundred thousand. True; if the constitution of a kingdom is a problem of arithmetic." »
• « In this influential pamphlet, which circulated widely in the colonies, Dickinson acknowledged that the Empire could regulate trade, but argued that Parliament could impose neither internal taxes, such as stamps, on goods nor external taxes, such as customs duties, on imports. »
• « The groundswell of support for their cause of independence in 1776 was also largely due to the appearance of an anonymous pamphlet, first published in January 1776, entitled Common Sense. Thomas Paine, who had emigrated from England to Philadelphia in 1774, was the author. Possibly the most radical pamphlet of the Revolutionary era, Common Sense was a powerful argument for independence. »
• « Paine's pamphlet rejected the monarchy, calling King George III a "royal brute" and questioning the right of an island (England) to rule over America. »
• « The pamphlet proved immensely popular and was soon available in the thirteen colonies, where it helped convince many to reject monarchy and the British Empire in favour of independence and a republican form of government. »