It was March 21st, 1765 and everything in the colony of South Carolina was as usual. I was walking back from the main store in the middle of town. I had gone to the store for some bread flour as we had run out the day before. I got home and helped my mother with dinner; we were making her famous bread and some salted pork. The Seven Years War had ended a few years ago and the colonies are still recovering from the debt. The British Crown has put the sugar and currency acts on us to raise money, but there are no real disruptions here.
The next morning I awoke to a lot of shouting and banging. I dressed quickly and ran outside to see what all of the commotion was about.
“Mum, what is going on out there?” I asked softly.
“I don’t know,” she …show more content…
It was March 1766 and we were finally free to buy our books in peace. There was still much unrest, everyone was still shaken from the events of the past year. The British Crown is bound to place more acts on us. My family goes on as normal and we are still sitting at the dinner table discussing everything going on in Charleston.
“Well, thank goodness that all of that is over,” my father exclaimed.
“Yes, I do agree,” my mother agreed.
“I know that it was a bit of a crazy time. How long did it last?” I inquired
“About one year darling. Why?” my mother answered
“No reason, just wondering,” I replied.
Looking back at this time now I really think that the Stamp Act really split people between loyalists and patriots. During and after this act was passed and repealed, there was a very clear line dividing us. This act made everyone angry, but it made the patriotic folks very angry. They didn’t care that they had good protection or safe farming. They wanted to have a voice, a voice to say that the taxes are unfair, and the power to have a representative helping to create the taxes that they would be paying. They valued these things more than the safe empire that they are living in. They loyalists just valued the safety that they had. They had a lot of freedom, Great Britain left them alone most of the time, they could farm, raise a family, sell their goods, or anything else. The loyalists wanted representation in parliament just as much as the patriots; they were just less willing to give up their safe homes. The stamp act really tested what we thought of each other and of the British government. It affected where our loyalties were and how much we were willing to give up to protect
The next morning I awoke to a lot of shouting and banging. I dressed quickly and ran outside to see what all of the commotion was about.
“Mum, what is going on out there?” I asked softly.
“I don’t know,” she …show more content…
It was March 1766 and we were finally free to buy our books in peace. There was still much unrest, everyone was still shaken from the events of the past year. The British Crown is bound to place more acts on us. My family goes on as normal and we are still sitting at the dinner table discussing everything going on in Charleston.
“Well, thank goodness that all of that is over,” my father exclaimed.
“Yes, I do agree,” my mother agreed.
“I know that it was a bit of a crazy time. How long did it last?” I inquired
“About one year darling. Why?” my mother answered
“No reason, just wondering,” I replied.
Looking back at this time now I really think that the Stamp Act really split people between loyalists and patriots. During and after this act was passed and repealed, there was a very clear line dividing us. This act made everyone angry, but it made the patriotic folks very angry. They didn’t care that they had good protection or safe farming. They wanted to have a voice, a voice to say that the taxes are unfair, and the power to have a representative helping to create the taxes that they would be paying. They valued these things more than the safe empire that they are living in. They loyalists just valued the safety that they had. They had a lot of freedom, Great Britain left them alone most of the time, they could farm, raise a family, sell their goods, or anything else. The loyalists wanted representation in parliament just as much as the patriots; they were just less willing to give up their safe homes. The stamp act really tested what we thought of each other and of the British government. It affected where our loyalties were and how much we were willing to give up to protect