Revolutionary+War+Speech-Ashf09

Men and women standing before me. We have been facing problems for years; we have conquered those problems too. Today we stand before these Red Coats, and we can conquer them too. Many of you are thinking, "What shall we do about this? Fight? Run away?" We will not run! We will fight this, if we handled the Boston Tea Party, The Stamp Act an many other's; we can handle this.

I am prepared to fight. Fight for everything we believe in; for justice, freedom, and liberty. From 1764 to 1773 there's been nothing but problems, and now, 1775. The British think they can rule us again, well they can't! And they won't!

We face these Red Coats, muskets slung over our shoulders. Proud to be fighting for this colony. Do you want to give up? After 10 years of fighting the British; just to give up now and let them hae what they want? No! Shall I bring up some of the many Acts we have lived threw... The Sugar Act began on April 5, 1764, the Parliament attempted to pass a version of the Sugar and Molasses Act. The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses, from six pence to three pence per gallon.

The Currency Act all started when the colonies had a constant shortage of currency, which to conduct trade.Fortuately, on September 1 1764, the Parliament passed the Currency Act, taking control of the colonial currency system.

The Stamp Act, George Grenville rose in Parliament to offer 55 resolutions of his stamp bill. The bill was passed on February 17. The Stamp Act was Parliament's first attempt to put authority over the colonies.

And one of our proudest times, the Boston Tea Party. We showed the British that they will not take over the tea taxes and production. We dumped those bags of tea into the harbor. It was a great success!

Now, the silliest mistake would be to run away. For you would simply be dishonoring your country. You chose to stand her, not me, so why run? We all know that we have stood up to many obstacles in the past; again I ask, why run? I will always choose to face these men and fight them, for the colony, for the state of Boston. Minutemen, do you want to return home, knowing you ran away from this? Return to your kids, or your family? I don't think so. So we shall fight today!

Now, muskets ready, for the battle begins!