Sam Adams Letter
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.
The Townshend Acts of 1767 taxed glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. We should only be taxed by legislative bodies that we have elected ourselves. So in conclusion, I hope you have realized that British rule has been oppressive and must come to an end. Both laws are unfair because Parliament had no right to tax us when we had no say in the election of our members. Normal trade relations between the colonies and England returned. This peace ended when Parliament passed a law known as the Tea Act. This is taxation without representation. That event is knows as the Boston Massacre. One measure is that no ship can enter or leave Boston harbor until the town had paid for the tea. On December 16, I gave the signal to a group of people disguised as Mohawk Indians. The third measure, increases the governemnt power by giving him control over town meetings, and it replaces the elected colonial council with a council appointed by the kings. Once again, myself and other Sons of Liberty protested, this time it was against the Tea Act. On March 5, 1770 British troops shot and killed 5 innoctent Americans. After the Townshend Acts were repealed, things calmed down between the Colonies and Britain. The second measure, gives the government [power to transfer the trials of soldiers and royal officials accused of serious crimes to courts outside of Massachusetts.
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