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The Interest of Great Britain Considered: Franklin's defence of retaining Canada over Guadeloupe

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17 April 1760

Benjamin Franklin's influential pamphlet arguing for British retention of Canada rather than Guadeloupe in the forthcoming Treaty of Paris, addressing mercantile theory, colonial markets, and imperial economic interests. Originally published April 1760, this is a transcription from Founders Online (National Archives). The document engages with contemporary debates on colonial value and prefigures later tensions between mother country and colonies.

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