Analysis Of Social Change And The Growth Of Pre Revolutionary Urban Radicalism By Gary B. Nash

Gary B. Nash writes his piece, “Social Change and the Growth of Pre Revolutionary Urban Radicalism” as secondary source to articulate his thoughts about the poor living conditions in Boston, Philadelphia and New York during post war time of the later part of the 18th century. Gray Nash who is PhD graduate from Princeton University, produces concrete arguments to inform the people of the late 1960’s about actual history that conflicted with social development and advancement after the war with France and Native Americans. Nash utilizes credible historical documents to highlight the unbalanced and radical quality of life for city dwellers, especially around clustered and poverty stricken areas on the Eastern coast of the colonies. Even though

There was plenty of greed that Nash talks about in his piece from corrupt businessmen in Europe that traveled to North America to only gain financial success without consideration of the poor and middle class persons. Nash distinguishes the poor, who are the majority, lack the financial pleasures of the upper class noting that the economic instability in the colonies would result in turmoil and rebellion. He also articulates that much of the history we know of today is resulted from perspectives of the elite, who just like Daniel Dulany the Younger, were politicians, lawyers and businessmen who failed to understand the lives of the classes below them, depriving full history to be told. There is no fault to this matter because only the wealthy were able to partake in history and the accounts of the poor were not considered by society due to their financial insignificance of that

He urges the British Parliament to reconsider to favor his fellow colonists, opposing the 1765 Stamp Act to criticize the lack of representation when taxed. Dulany does not necessarily encourage any separatist movement, but wants the treatment of the colonists to be justified and reasonably upheld by stating at the very end, “If the claims of the mother country and the colonies should seem on such an occasion to interfere, and the point of right to be doubtful, (which I take to be otherwise) it is easy to guess that the determination will be on the side of power, and the inferior will be constrained to submit.” He produces this document for the voices of the American people to heard, but also does not want to upset the British government, writing “determination will be on the side of power” indirectly indicating that Britain is obviously the more assertive power. Dulany decides to shed light on all of the citizens, especially