Leonard's 1775 Letter To The Inhabitants Of The Province Of Massachusetts Bay

In Daniel Leonard’s 1775 letter “To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts Bay,” the reader infers that Leonard’s ideology regarding the British government workings at the time. To Daniel, there are three basic forms of government, monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, that have own strengths; however, when used independently they each deal their own set of problems unique to their set up. Monarchy always carries the possibility of becoming a tyranny, aristocracy can bring about a greater divide between the upper and lower classes, and democracy ultimately results in the turning of citizens against the government altogether. He believes that the British government is a more superior and capable government than the crude and forming