ENTRY+3

The colonial outrage over the Stamp Act has somehow impacted your life. You have continued to have exposure to the debates over "taxation without representation," and you have seen acts of protest that have stemmed from peaceful to violent. Take some time now with your colonial iMac and record a **two to three-minute podcast ** where you discuss "in character" your views about this issue. During your podcast, you must reference another primary source document in the packet directly, meaning that you specifically mention some aspect of that document in your podcast and your character's reaction to it. At the end of your podcast post, please tell me which document you referenced so that I may judge whether you have done so successfully. 
 * Entry #3: The Stamp Act 1765 **

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Parliament has passed another tax—this time on documents and printed matter! This includes newspapers, marriage licenses, wills, deeds, and even playing cards and dice! Good God, it has affected everyone! People are angered—they have even created a mass political movement. Why there are boycotts against British goods as a cause of this act. I even found my eldest son participating in boycotts—of course I forbade him to leave the house from now on unless it is a necessity. **People are angry at the fact that Britain is taking their hard earned money, but they are outraged at Parliament’s “supremacy” over them.** A common saying nowadays that appears in the papers nearly everyday, **that the colonists will only be taxed by their own representatives, that we were not represented in Parliament, and so that Parliament cannot tax us. However, Thomas Whately, the secretary of the treasury and the very man who had drafted the Stamp Act, claims that we are, after all, represented in Parliament… he even called the idea of “representation” an “absurdity”. He claims that Parliament is superior over all legislative powers anyways and that the colonists of America have indeed been given equal rights as any other person belonging to the British Empire**. **He stated that we, the American Colony, are dependant on Great Britain and have a connection to them, and yet, that we view the connection as slavery when we are taxed…** I see his reasoning, but I think it rather weak… not strong enough to appease the angered colonists anyway… they have suffered a hurt on their pride. Some of the colonists have created a Stamp Act Congress and the congress has made a declaration… it questions the right of Parliament to enforce a tax upon America. **I hope that they don’t upset the crown… I do understand their anger, for it is nearly ubiquitous—I feel anger too, but we simply don’t have the resources to go rebelling against Britain. She is one of the greatest empires of the world while we are just one of her colonies, no matter how big or strong or wealthy. Back to the main issue, **the colonists argued for their rights (as promised in the British Constitution) to be equaled with the rights of those born within Britain. They demanded representation, yet again, and stated that His Majesty does not own the colonists’ lands and wealths. They declared that the Stamp Act has violated our rights as “British subjects” and that there are too much taxes imposed on them-- even in the present. They concluded by saying that it is a guaranteed right to petition to the king.** I really am curious to know how the Crown will respond, for though we have always argued with Parliament on the terms of their “supremacy”, we have never challenged the supremacy of the King. I Pray for some peace to come, and preferably soon. ** These angry people are also organizing “actions” in order to scare the royal officials to resign from their duties. **I feel rather pitiful toward those poor stamp distributors, facing the wrath of the colonies alone… **Why Mr. Andrew Oliver, a man from a wealthy and well-connected family, was forced to quit his job as a stamp distributor. He was probably scared into doing so by the mob of fierce colonists… people had found a tree from where an object representing Mr. Oliver was hung and no one was allowed to take it down. Later, the mob carried the “effigy” (beheaded then) to Mr. Oliver’s house and burnt it… they tried to find and kill him, but he was never found…until of course he resigned his position as stamp distributor.** Poor man! I could not have thought a long time a go that people would resort to such violence as a consequence of taxes!  I referenced "Virtual Representation" (document 5-3), "Declarations of the stamp Act Congress" (document 5-5) , and "The Stamp Act Riot" (document 5-6).
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