My name is Sam Adams, and I am the founder of the Committee of Correspondence. The purpose of the Committee is to keep in touch with radicals elsewhere. Another purpose is to keep all colonists informed of British rule. I think I speak for every colonist when I say I'm tired of being oppressed by Britain. Britain has usurped power over us. We have no autonomy.
             I believe that the Proclamation of 1763 was an unfair law. This unjust law prohibits us from sett ling west of the Appalachians. Only licensed fur traders can enter the Ohio Region. This is an unfair law. We had to go through the French-Indian war, and many colonists died fighting for thr land that is being taken away from us.
             I disagree with the Navigation Acts, also. For some colonists who don't know, the Navigation Acts stated that all goods passing between England and the colonies must be carried in ships that had been built in Britain or in the colonies. The owners of these ships must be American or British. The captain and crew must also be British or American.
             I question whether the Sugar and Stamp Act were necessary. The Sugar Act was a law passed in 1764 whhich taxed our imports or sugar, coffee, and wine. The Stamp Act wasa law that taxed all printed matter, such as stamps, paper, newspapers, playing cardss, and magazines. Both laws are unfair because Parliament had no right to tax us when we had no say in the election of our members. It was taxation without representation.
             There is no doubt that Britain treats us unfairly. We are being taxed by Britain without being represented in parliament. We should only be taxed by legislative bodies that we have elected ourselves. This is taxation without representation.
             The Townshend Acts of 1767 taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea.Myself and other Sons of Liberty staged boycotts and other protests to these laws. After the Stamp Act was repealed, it was replaced two years later by the Townshend...