Road to Revolution! :)
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- The Stamp Act
- As an opponent of the new Stamp Act, I feel that it is unfair that the British tax us on everyday items, like newspaper, pamphlets, and even die and playing cards! Especially since they are taxing us to help pay for their war!
- I disagree with you. As a supporter of the Stamp Act, I think the taxes will help Britain effectively pay off their taxes in a fair matter. You should learn to be more grateful!
- The Quartering Act
- I do not support the Quartering Act. I should not be obliged to supply you with housing because the war is over and you are no longer needed here.
- Hello, I am here to settle in your quarters as a soldier. I expect to be provided with sufficient housing and furniture.
- The Townshend Acts
- Stop speaking nonsense! The Townshend Acts are necessary to help Britain pay off their debts from the war. Be more appreciative for what Britain has done for you and pay the taxes as you should!
- Did you hear about the new Townshend Acts? They are complete rubbish! We shouldn't be taxed on British imports! This is an abuse of power!
- A law made by Prime Minister George Grenville in 1765 proposing that every newspaper, pamphlet, almanac, legal document, die, and playing cards a settler bought must be stamped, therefore taxing the colonists much more than before. This would make colonists pay taxes very frequently, therefore helping pay off the British debt of the French-Indian war quicker.
- The Boston Massacre
- I told you to stop attacking us or we would shoot!
- In 1765 the British Parliament passed The Quartering Act. This act required colonists to provide British redcoat soldiers barracks and furniture such as beds and candles. This act also said if the barracks was too small to fit the soldiers, they must be given at a local inn, livery stable, ale house, etc.
- The Boston Tea Party
- You may arrest me and take me away but you will never take away our freedom and our will to rebel! You shall not force us to buy No taxation without representation!
- The Townshend Acts were passed by the British Parliament in 1767 these acts would tax colonists on British imports such as glass, paint, paper, and tea. Many colonists saw this as an abuse of power by the parliament especially because they had no say in it.
- The Intolerable Acts
- I cannot believe the British are punishing us with the intolerable acts! A lot of us did not even participate in the Boston Tea Party, but the pathetic British must have their way no matter what! They are starting to take away all our rights!
- The Boston Massacre started with a small riot of colonists protesting British ruling on March 5, 1770, on King Street in front of the Custom House in Boston. It escalated when colonists kept throwing things at the soldiers, who then fired into the crowd of colonists, killing 5 and wounding many others. The two sides of the story involve the colonists saying they were brutally murdered while peacefully protesting, while the soldiers saying they were aggressively and if didn't take action, they could have got seriously injured, or even killed.
- I-I-I'm innocent, I was peacefully protesting...
- On December 16, 1773,in Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, the Sons of Liberty poured 90,000 pounds or 342 chests of tea into the ocean in an act of rebellion of the British manipulation on tea sales. Britain helped manipulate the economy of tea, after making the price of the British East India Company tea much cheaper. This would basically make people have to buy from this company. Some colonists did not like this idea of the British having so much control and them having none. So, after boarding a British ship dressed as Mohawk Indians they dumped the tea in an act of rebellion, while preaching their message, “No taxation without representation”.
- Francis Akeley, you are under arrest for participating in the Boston Tea Party! You should be happy you are getting tea for this cheap, not protesting it!
- The Intolerable Acts were passed in 1774 by the Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. Five acts were passed, each limiting more and more of the colonists rights. The Boston Port Act restricted the operations of the Boston Harbor until the price of the tea dumped into the ocean in the Boston Tea Party was paid for. The second act was the Massachusetts Government Act. This act made it so the Massachusetts' government would be controlled and ruled by the British. The third act, the Administration of Justice Act, made it so in order to get a fair trial, a Royal governor would be able to send an accused Royal official to Britain or somewhere else, in case they could not get a fair trial in Massachusetts. Finally a new quartering act was passed and a rule restricting unauthorized meetings from taking place.
- I agree! The British argument is that us colonists must face retaliation for our actions, yet it wasn't all of us that participated in the Tea Party! Say, I was even happy about the cheaper tea!
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