Great Britt Change In Government

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Part 1 - Worksheet Overall Thesis Statement Great Brittan had raised taxes, we wanted a change in government, and our lifestyle. I will attempt to explain to you my political, social, and economic complaints with Great Brittan. I. Thesis of the first paragraph of the body (Political): 1. First piece of specific historical evidence that supports your thesis: The Tea Act of 1773 a. Explanation of how this evidence supports your thesis: Parliament was corrupt and taxing without representation. 2. Second piece of specific historical evidence that supports your thesis: The Intolerable Acts a. Explanation of how this evidence supports your thesis: Parliament was punishing only Massachusetts. 3. Third piece of specific historical evidence …show more content…

Here in America we were on our own but still felt love for our country. I was very loyal to my country until shortly after 1773 when other colonists started to protest The Tea Act, it seemed as though Parliament had “ granting a monopoly to the East India Company, the act not only cut out colonial merchants who would otherwise sell the tea themselves; it also reduced their profits from smuggled foreign tea”. Once again, Parliament was taxing us without representing us and going against the British Constitution. This is when I decided, like many others that something must be done to either treat us as equals or for us to stand on our own. After the boycotts and protests the tea had all rotted and could not be used, I know what they did was wrong and thought they could have handled it differently, but they did prove our point. Parliament was not happy and thought that Boston should repay for the lost tea, and put forth four punishments, we like to call them the Intolerable Acts. Since Massachusetts seemed to be the only one being punished a lot of the other colonies realized how corrupt parliament really was. We couldn’t even have town meetings without the approval of the governor and we were under the control of parliament. This alone pushed many of us away from the crown and towards becoming American Patriots. We had our own problems in America after we separated. The topic of slavery was a rough subject with the people here in America. Now here in Boston the need for slavery wasn’t as great as in the South so we were didn’t think that we needed them but the South wanted to keep slaves because it was giving them more political power when it came to voting and they didn’t even have to pay as much in taxes for them due to the three-fifths Compromise. Slaves seemed to be a huge

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