Recently, the British government has started taxing us, unfairly I might add. The British Parliament decided, on March 22, 1765, that it is a great idea to tax all of our paper products that we buy from England. It finally started on November 1, 1765. This tax money is going to be used to help pay for defending us in the colonies. This is not right because they did not have approval from colonial legislatures. The problem is, we are only allowed to buy products from England. I have decided that my family needs to have a discussion about this.
“This is an unfair tax that needs to stop. If the Parliament thinks that this is okay, then they will start adding on more taxes that are similar to this,” I said to my family as we sat down by the fire. …show more content…
We all sat in silence, the only sounds that could be heard was the crackling of the fire and the wind through the chimney. We all knew that if we didn’t show the Parliament that this taxing is wrong, then it will never stop and the King will have a tight grip on us.
One of my sons, Jacob interrupted the silence, “The Parliament has done this before with the Sugar Act, this is the same. It will end soon and we will forget about it. This won’t change anything.”
After this comment, an enormous argument ensued. Suddenly, John stood up and said over the commotion, “It was understandable that the Parliament decided to have us taxed during the Seven Years War, but that ended and they are starting to tax us more to pay off their war debts. I think that they can tax the people in Britain more, especially since we have to already work to populate these areas and fend off the Indians.” We nodded our heads in agreement. At least the quarrel has …show more content…
We all don’t want this to go much farther or more taxes will appear and we will be paying taxes on everything we buy. I am worrying that we won’t be able to make a difference though, because it is hard to buy things from other countries with the tight control on the colonies. Soon there won’t be much we can do, since the Parliament doesn’t understand the hard life we live in America.”
John agreed, “We have to fend off the Indians and we have to settle throughout the colonies. Which means we have to build our towns and farms. In Britain, most of the land is already settled so that the citizens don’t have to build farms and homes. They only have to find a way to make money.”
I saw that Jacob was starting to sag beneath the pressure of keeping his argument up, “Maybe, but it is no reason to use violence to stop the tax. It is horrible what the Sons of Liberty did to Mr. Oliver,” there was an obvious look of concern on his face as he said this.
I started to think that this debate has gone on long enough. I looked at the clock, “Well, seeing as it is already 8:30, we should start to finish this up, don’t you think, John?”
We all watched as the fire started to die down. I sent the children to bed and John and I waited for the fire to go out. We then went to
“This is an unfair tax that needs to stop. If the Parliament thinks that this is okay, then they will start adding on more taxes that are similar to this,” I said to my family as we sat down by the fire. …show more content…
We all sat in silence, the only sounds that could be heard was the crackling of the fire and the wind through the chimney. We all knew that if we didn’t show the Parliament that this taxing is wrong, then it will never stop and the King will have a tight grip on us.
One of my sons, Jacob interrupted the silence, “The Parliament has done this before with the Sugar Act, this is the same. It will end soon and we will forget about it. This won’t change anything.”
After this comment, an enormous argument ensued. Suddenly, John stood up and said over the commotion, “It was understandable that the Parliament decided to have us taxed during the Seven Years War, but that ended and they are starting to tax us more to pay off their war debts. I think that they can tax the people in Britain more, especially since we have to already work to populate these areas and fend off the Indians.” We nodded our heads in agreement. At least the quarrel has …show more content…
We all don’t want this to go much farther or more taxes will appear and we will be paying taxes on everything we buy. I am worrying that we won’t be able to make a difference though, because it is hard to buy things from other countries with the tight control on the colonies. Soon there won’t be much we can do, since the Parliament doesn’t understand the hard life we live in America.”
John agreed, “We have to fend off the Indians and we have to settle throughout the colonies. Which means we have to build our towns and farms. In Britain, most of the land is already settled so that the citizens don’t have to build farms and homes. They only have to find a way to make money.”
I saw that Jacob was starting to sag beneath the pressure of keeping his argument up, “Maybe, but it is no reason to use violence to stop the tax. It is horrible what the Sons of Liberty did to Mr. Oliver,” there was an obvious look of concern on his face as he said this.
I started to think that this debate has gone on long enough. I looked at the clock, “Well, seeing as it is already 8:30, we should start to finish this up, don’t you think, John?”
We all watched as the fire started to die down. I sent the children to bed and John and I waited for the fire to go out. We then went to