Stamp+Act+Project

= **Boston Gazette Editorial September 1, 1765** =

The actions by the Sons of Liberty on August 14th were groundless and inexcusable...and very much illegal. The colonists wanted to be part of the British empire, and enjoy the rights and liberties of being British, but they did not want to follow the laws. If they wanted to be British, its their responsibility to do what the British government tell them to do, and pay taxes like every other British person living in Britain, instead, they openly mocked the British Stamp collectors with prank. This prank on Newbury street where the Sons of Liberty hung effigies of British officials and mocked the officials by burning, beheading, and having a funeral for the effigies created a dangerous mob that quickly grew out of hand, burning houses of high ranking officials, tearing down buildings, and vandalizing property everywhere. They even looted and stole from the buildings! How does stealing from people help their cause? The looters and everybody else were just greedy and showed that they didn't care whether or not they were being represented in Parliament. They didn't care whether or not the money was going to help protect them. They didn't care that they were committing crimes. They just wanted to keep their money. How are you a good citizen if you're organizing a dangerous and deadly mob to wreck property for the sake of keeping their money? How is that justifiable?

The Sons of Liberty were terrifying the British officials living in the colonies. They even sent some of them into hiding. The British passed the stamp tax to help defend the colonies from attack. Does it make sense to attack people who are trying to collect some money to protect you? Why should the British help you if you’re not willing to pay a little bit? They could have killed people with the mob, they could have turned the established government in the colonies into anarchy if the mob wasn’t controlled. There were more peaceful ways of handing the situation, but the Sons of Liberty went straight for violence and destruction. They could have talked to the British officials and expressed their opinions with words and letter instead of fists and weapons. Why should the British help you and abolish the tax while you're destroying their property? All that this violence will do is provoke the British into sending more and more troops to keep order in the colonies and tax them heavier.

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