The Stamp Act Analysis

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One day there was a whole family sitting down discussing many different topics and they remember that March 22, 2015 marks the 250th anniversary of the Stamp Act, Which was passed by the British Parliament in November, 1765. The new tax law required all colonists to pay a tax on every printed piece of paper they used.The Stamp Act was viewed by the colonists as “Taxation without Representation.” This family talked about the Stamp Act for hours at a time. The role the family played in organizing the colonists against the British King and Parliament was The Stamp Act was designed to force all the colonists to use the special stamped paper. This made it harder for many people because they didn’t have enough money already and now that the …show more content…

The daughter said “yes I did hear about that, and as of right now i’m not too happy about his new idea.” “ i’m very worried about his decision.” the daughter said with a very serious face. “Mom!!!” Freddy screamed “Mom,mom,mom,mom!” “did you hear?” “about the the parl parli parliament” he stuttered not being able to get the words out. “yes son i did hear about it” said the mother. “ You know what I think about this idea” said the father , “I think this is a very selfish idea now. Why are we going to pay for something we’ve gotten free our whole life? we have never had to pay money for paper, pamphlets, newspapers , etc.” “we shouldn’t have to pay for these kinds of things” said the father. and the mother,son, and daughter agreed with his opinion 100% , “it’s not fair that we have to pay for paper now , not one bit, we shouldn’t to have pay at all.” said “Carly. “Mom why do we have to pay for paper now, have you asked why? do we really have to ? or is this a joke” Freddy yelled. The mother answered with a very strong voice , “Yes son we do and I can’t do anything about it , he’s the king, he makes up the rules so we will see how this stamp act affects us.” “your father is very angry about this and i most definitely am too.” said the mother. “SISTER” yells Freddy, “what do we do! what do we do ?” he yelled. “ We can’t

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