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MEN! Almost 700 redcoats march toward us, step by step. Now, is the time when we must decide; fight for our freedom or flee for our lives? I say; Stand and Fight! Why? If we flee we will be shamed by our countrymen as the men who started a rebellion but were too afraid to finish it. If we flee now then from this day forward the redcoats will laugh at us and ridicule us. But! If we stand and fight we may succeed in overthrowing the redcoats! Remember the anger you felt when you had to house and feed British soldiers for no reason. Even after we had housed and fed them in the war. We worked so hard for them that we couldn't even feed our own families. And WHY? Because the government was too lazy to feed them themselves! We shall get revenge for the Stamp Act, in which we had to have a stamp for everything written on paper, and the stamps cost us money that went to the King! We should not forget the Sugar Act, where we had to pay extra tax to get common things such as sugar and wine, just so that the British could fund for their military! Do you all remember when we had to pay extra for items such as glass, paper, paints, lead, and tea? We will no longer stand for this. We are done paying them; instead we will make them pay!! If we die today we will be remembered as brave men who risked their lives for their families and for their country. They have come to steal our supplies but we will not let them. NO! Instead we will make them regret the day that the joined the British military! We are done letting the Redcoats and the King control us, Today we will defeat them or die trying!!

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