Great Britain, the Motherland, the power, the Monarchy! Great Britain controls all of the thirteen colonies, but how do they control them? Think, think about how you're being treated, is it fair? Are you even a fellow citizen to the British? Great Britain has taken too much control of our colonies and is not helping us in any way. In fact, Britain is stripping us of our freedom and justice in these many ways: emitting excessive taxes on goods, using the Church to gain loyalty, quartering of British troops, mercantilism was established, and the lack of representation/voice in the government.
First and foremost, We are all being taxed to an excessive extent by the Crown. Now there are many Acts that have been taking place like the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. The stamp act taxes all kinds of official paperwork, since stamps are required to show if the tax had been paid. Also, the sugar act taxes molasses and sugar we use. Voltaire’s ideas are being demonstrated. We need to have freedom of speech and tolerance, so if many of us don’t want to pay taxes, we need to be able to communicate to the government that the taxes are too high and unnecessary. None of us have any say in the British Parliament, so why should we pay taxes? …show more content…
The pope and ministers have all sweared on an oath to be loyal to the Crown. Although, the Church is not a place of worship anymore, it’s a place of bribery. Baron de Montesquieu’s idea should be established to help with the unfair use of power. The separation of powers needs to limit the pope’s powers in order to eliminate people falling into bribery, just because an authority told them to do something. Many people of the church support the British, so they bribe people, telling them they will reach the heavens and please God if one is loyal to the
First and foremost, We are all being taxed to an excessive extent by the Crown. Now there are many Acts that have been taking place like the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act. The stamp act taxes all kinds of official paperwork, since stamps are required to show if the tax had been paid. Also, the sugar act taxes molasses and sugar we use. Voltaire’s ideas are being demonstrated. We need to have freedom of speech and tolerance, so if many of us don’t want to pay taxes, we need to be able to communicate to the government that the taxes are too high and unnecessary. None of us have any say in the British Parliament, so why should we pay taxes? …show more content…
The pope and ministers have all sweared on an oath to be loyal to the Crown. Although, the Church is not a place of worship anymore, it’s a place of bribery. Baron de Montesquieu’s idea should be established to help with the unfair use of power. The separation of powers needs to limit the pope’s powers in order to eliminate people falling into bribery, just because an authority told them to do something. Many people of the church support the British, so they bribe people, telling them they will reach the heavens and please God if one is loyal to the