Summary: We Should Change Our Relationship With Britain
George Washington, 837 Liberty Court, Fairfax, Virginia.
January 1776
Your Highness, King George III.
I'm George Washington, Loyalist, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Recently, I have noticed a scarcity of food since the closing of Boston Harbor. Also, I have noticed, as I am riding through the town, many colonists in desperate need of food, clothing and shelter, and many more British soldiers than usual. I feel that the situation between the colonists and yourself needs to change. I also feel that we should remain loyal British citizens, however, I think you should lower the taxes and the harshness levels. I believe so because of taxation without representation, conflict between us colonists and Britain, and that we have tried to make peace with you several times, but have been denied.
The first reason I think that we should change our relationship with Britain is because of taxation without representation. U.S. colonists are getting taxed on tea, paper, glass, lead, and tea without any representatives in Parliament. Parliament made lots of people poor because of taxes on everyday items, which, in turn, caused the colonists to …show more content…
For example, during the Boston Massacre, your soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists just for calling names and throwing snowballs at them. Another example is the Quartering Act. Colonists had to house British Soldiers for free just so they could keep us from moving West. Wouldn’t that also just cost you money, to send more soldiers across 3000 miles of water to stop us from traveling West? Also, it wouldn’t hurt to have just a couple thousand colonists move West and bring weapons to defend themselves. They could have more kids and populate the area. The last example of conflict between your soldiers and you is that the British “enslaved” the colonists and abused their power over
January 1776
Your Highness, King George III.
I'm George Washington, Loyalist, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Recently, I have noticed a scarcity of food since the closing of Boston Harbor. Also, I have noticed, as I am riding through the town, many colonists in desperate need of food, clothing and shelter, and many more British soldiers than usual. I feel that the situation between the colonists and yourself needs to change. I also feel that we should remain loyal British citizens, however, I think you should lower the taxes and the harshness levels. I believe so because of taxation without representation, conflict between us colonists and Britain, and that we have tried to make peace with you several times, but have been denied.
The first reason I think that we should change our relationship with Britain is because of taxation without representation. U.S. colonists are getting taxed on tea, paper, glass, lead, and tea without any representatives in Parliament. Parliament made lots of people poor because of taxes on everyday items, which, in turn, caused the colonists to …show more content…
For example, during the Boston Massacre, your soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists just for calling names and throwing snowballs at them. Another example is the Quartering Act. Colonists had to house British Soldiers for free just so they could keep us from moving West. Wouldn’t that also just cost you money, to send more soldiers across 3000 miles of water to stop us from traveling West? Also, it wouldn’t hurt to have just a couple thousand colonists move West and bring weapons to defend themselves. They could have more kids and populate the area. The last example of conflict between your soldiers and you is that the British “enslaved” the colonists and abused their power over