Short Story: A Colonial Family's Reaction To The Stamp Act

They have even proceeded to some violence, and burnt him in effigy.” Despite the evidence of hostility in the colonies to the south, Hinshelwood was hoping to be appointed a tax collector in Halifax. Although the Stamp Act occurred eleven years before the Declaration of Independence, it defined the central issue that provoked the American Revolution: no taxation without representation. The year is 1765 November, 12th, there is a group of 6 colonists meeting in an office to discuss the stamp act. It is the first time the colonists discuss the act. 4 are patriots and the other 2 are loyalists, let’s listen in.

It was March 22, 1765, and my father had gotten word of the new law at work today. He worked as a merchant, and when he had gotten a new shipment of paper learned that Great Britain now put a tax on every document of paper in the US. Great Britain was in a financial drought because of the French and Indian war, and had resorted to taxing us for their faults. The law did not benefit Americans at all, only the British. He grew more furious still.

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“A Colonial Family 's Reaction to the Stamp Act It is 1765 in the colonies and the seven year 's war has just ended the long rivalry between France and Britain for control of North America, leaving Britain in possession of Canada and France without a footing on the continent. Victory in the war, however, had saddled the British Empire with a tremendous debt. Since the American colonists benefited from the war.The British government decided that the colonists should shoulder part of the wars cost.

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Alex and I had breakfast at Steak and Shake. I redirected the youth twice. Alex was blowing the paper from the straw onto the table and he was yawning without covering his mouth. After the redirection, Alex practiced good table manners. We went to the book store to practice social interactions and enjoy some books.

“I can 't believe this!” My dad yelled. “This is crazy!” I wondered what was going on as I walked towards my dad. After moving to Georgia, the new colony, everything seemed to be going wrong. “What is it dear?” My mom asked in a curious voice. My dad, Jerry, handed my mom a newspaper.

A colonial family 's reaction to the stamp act The stamp act was a law passed by the king of England in 1765. The king of England adapted this law because he lost so much money from the French and Indian war that was in 1763. The stamp act was a tax created on paper with a stamp from the king. The colonists had to pay this tax from the big loss of money from the war. The colonists were upset in a variety of different ways; some colonists were upset about the act others others resisted the stamp act.