As a farmer with a family and my slaves to take care off, the land that I owned is what has been keeping my family well fed and providing my slaves with the food that they needed to survive. Breaking away from Great Britain meaning that the colonists will lose their biggest trade partner, which mean that …show more content…
They sent troop to help protect us from the French during the 7 years war, which the patriots are now pretended that it never happened because the British put a little tax on us. The British government is here to protect and keep our property from other dangers out there. With Britain’s biggest and baddest naval army behind our back, no one will dare to touch us because we are a part of the mother country. We, the American colonies, are giving up our freedom in exchange for the protection of the British government, just like how John Locke once mentioned, “ the enjoyment of the property he has in this state is very unsafe, very insecure. This makes he willing to quit a condition, however free, is full of fears and continual dangers… and is willing to join in society with others.” Nothing in this world is for free and come with a cost. We are paying these taxes to Britain, but in return, they would protect us from outsiders who, in no doubt, would attack us for all the goods that we benefited from Britain. It makes sense to me how the British Empire is collecting tax from our