Benjamin Franklin published an anonymous letter in the Public Advertiser in London to bring attention to the “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One” that had been published only three days earlier. Franklin did not need to be worried; his “Rules” were immediately noticed by British officials, and their overreaction to his criticism helped to spark the Revolution.

Source: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-20-02-0216