The Stamp Act Analysis

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Imagine this. BOOM! Your father comes home and slams the door shut. Your mom rushes to your father’s side as he stomps angrily toward the table. As he shoves off your mother’s hand, you can smell the stench of alcohol cloud over your head. You immediately question, in your mind, what’s wrong. Then he speaks. Slurring his words, he says, “More taxes..” You know immediately what that means. But, she can’t. You know for a fact that you won’t be eating big meals anymore or getting a bunch of gifts on your birthday or Christmas. “I should have known,” says your father, “The day he told us about the first taxations…” You remember it like it was yesterday. On March 22, 1765, You wake up to your mom making breakfast. You walk into the kitchen and find …show more content…

Many British troops were placed in the colonies to prevent the French from recovering Canada . They were also stationed there to protect the colonists from the Cherokee Indians. This made many people in England believe that the colonists should pay for the support of the troops(“Stamp Act,” 2015). Therefore, King George the Third and the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act of 1765. The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act that placed taxes on all paper documents such as newspapers, legal documents, paper, playing cards, and even dices (Cuviello). Some taxes costs as much as 3 cents. Even though that doesn't sound as much now, it was a lot back in the 1700s. So, imagine this, you are being taxed a lot of money to support troops that are stationed around your community, who are probably sloppy, nasty young men, from someone who is miles and miles away from you (“Stamp Act,” 2015). Not only did it sound complicated, it made the colonists strongly oppose it . They were furious and objective. They knew that you couldn’t just talk to the King about how the government isn’t fair. So, they took matters into their own hands. At first, colonists boycotted a lot of goods. They boycotted for a short time. Soon, the boycotting turned to riots. One scenario of a mob riot occurred in Boston, where the Sons of Liberty marched through Boston streets carrying a model of Andrew

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