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If I were a sister or wife to one of the Minutemen, I would tell them to fight and stand their ground. I believe they should do so because the British would be taking advantage of us because they know that in colonial life, the people loved the pleasures of having a cup of tea. Was it our fault that victory in the French and Indian War was costly for them and that King George III and his government were taxing the American colonies as a way of gaining back their war costs? No, we were not going to fall into this trap. If they wanted their money back, they would have to find a way to do it themselves, not rip people off, especially people who had nothing to do with the war. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/teaparty.htm The sugar act was also a way for Parliament to pay their debt in England, and they used us to give them the money, and they forced us to.For example, the British made us pay more for molasses, and other forms opf sugar, textiles and dye, coffee, and wines. With these examples, we see is a recurring pattern on Britain stealing our money for no good reason. Wer have to stop this before they raise prices to an increasingly high number. http://www.americanrevolution.com/SugarActStampAct.htm The stamp act was also a way for Parliament to tax colonies to increase the British tax revenues. http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/E/sugar_stamp/act01.htm Say, if someone wanted to buy a piece of paper, they would have to pay a stamp fee of three cents. And why did we do this: because Parliament made us to make more money. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm On March 5th, the British killed so many of our colonists for standing up to them. Nothing was even resolved in that matter of time. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_the_Boston_massacre_become_before_the_Boston_tea_party Now is our time to make a change! John Adams, you have made this statement: **"I am well aware of the toll and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance."** **//-John Adams, The American Revolution//** http://www.geocities.com/vincentpa.geo/patriotic/RevolutionQuotes.html This statement means that yes, there may be death amongst this battle, but it is for the better good. It is for our freedom and our rights. It is going to be a bumpy ride, but once we get through it all, we will see much better and brighter days. We have tried to fight the stamp and sugar act, the Boston Massacre, and everything else that Parliament has forced us to do, but we failed. We failed because we didn't accomplish one thing: equal rights. We have to win this fight. The redcoats may think that this is a ridiculous war, and that we have no chance of winning, but we have the determination to, which, means we have the same chance as them. We have been through too much and it is our fault that we waited too long to fight for our rights, and to end the ways of Parliament. It is up to us to gain independance and to have our own, free rights!
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__Final Draft__ Now, everyone, I know you are scared, but as we see these Redcoats marching down, reading to fight us, we have to stand our ground. We have to because, if we didn't, the British would be taking advantage of us because they know that in colonial life, the people love the pleasures of having a cup of tea. Was it our fault that victory in the French and Indian War was costly for them and that King George III and his government were taxing the American colonies as a way of gaining back their war costs? No,we're not going to fall into this trap. If they wanted their money back, they would have to find a way to do it themselves, not rip people off, especially people who had nothing to do with the war. The sugar act was also a way for Parliament to pay their debt in England, and they used us to give them the money, and they forced us to.For example, the British made us pay more for molasses, and other forms of sugar, textiles and dye, coffee, and wines. Everybody, with these examples, what we see is a recurring pattern on Britain stealing our money for no good reason. We have to stop this before they raise prices to an increasingly high number. The stamp act was also a way for Parliament to tax us so they could increase their tax revenues. If one of us wanted to buy a piece of paper, we would have to pay a stamp fee of three cents. On March 5th, the British killed so many of our colonists for standing up to them. Yes, we weren't innocent in the action, as we did start it, but we were angry for having them tax us without our agreement. At the end of that, they ended up killing or wounding eleven of our men. We did not expect some of our fellow colonists to die. Nothing was ever even resolved in that matter of time, except lighten the tension with Britain and the other colonies temporarily. Now is our time to make a change! John Adams made this statement: **"I am well aware of the toll and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance."**  This statement means that yes, there may be death amongst this battle, but it is for the better good. It is for our freedom and our rights. It is going to be a bumpy ride, but once we get through it all, we will see much better and brighter days. We have tried to fight the stamp and sugar act, and everything that Parliament has forced us to do, but we failed. We failed because we didn't accomplish one thing: equal rights. We have to win this fight. The redcoats may think that this is a ridiculous war, and that we have no chance of winning, but we have the determination to, which, means we have the same chance as them. We have been through too much and it is our fault that we waited too long to fight for our rights, and to end the ways of Parliament. It is up to us to gain independance and to have our own, free rights!

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