Reflection On The Stamp Act Of 1765

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THE STAMP ACT OF 1765!

“Hang onto your hats here we go.”
It was 1765, and the Stamp Act was released. I did not care, but my parents seemed to care. I did not know what the big deal was. I was at school at the time. I wanted to know why my mom was so upset, but my dad said not to worry about it. Being only a young child of nine, I went on about my daily routine and forgot about the worry my parents were experiencing.
After a few years we could not afford the house.We had to pay a lot of money so we were not able to pay the rent money. I was wondering why but my mom and dad said nothing to me about it. (Why? You need to put some details here about why you lost your house.) then we were stranded out on the street. Then when we got a little money we got back in a small house. Then when I grew up I realize that the stamped act was a tax which meant we had to pay more money to the government.

So then I would be paying
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Me and my mom think. We might be wrong. I know that we all can be a happy world if we all know that we all don’t need to pay more money for things we need the most. I know that everyone is happy and if they don’t need to pay more money they will be even happier. I know that I am just a kid but when I grow up I want to pay less money to get the things I know I need the most. If we all need to know why the government is telling us “ you need to pay more for this” then we can just say this, they are scared because if they run out on money then we would be richer than them. What they don’t know is that money is made of paper, and how do we get paper? TREES, we can reuse trees. We can do a lot of things easier but the government makes it harder on us and we will grow up poor. Do they really want us to be poor? Well I love how our government helps us out but I hate/ dislike how they decide how we can pay. All I ask that if they can stop the taxing and bring back how it was in the

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