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King George is Taxing Americans for the War!
= = Breaking news! King George is taxing us Americans to pay for a war we don’t even have anything to do with! It’s been a rough year, but this is one of the worst things happening in 1754! The French and Indian War just passed, and the British side won! That may seem good to a country under British rule, like us, but too many damages occurred! Now the King is forcing us to pay the tax to pay for the damages! Now we must pay extra for tea, dice, paper, and other important items! It is called the Stamp Act. One of the worst things, however, is the tax on tea. King George is making us pay 3 cents for every pound we drink! However, some good Americans are smuggling in tea from Holland to quench our tea thirst. Warships started to attack us, but the smuggled tea is still rolling in. media type="custom" key="9233496"

= = Here in the Bostonian Times, we do our best to deliver great news to you. We have a sad story currently. A fight broke out between the American and English soldiers. Some Americans are calling it “The Boston Massacre”. You see, the English are still taxing us. Some brave Americans are speaking out about it. The English lost their temper, and killed three American heroes, including black soldier Crispus Attackus. Here in the Bostonian Times, we hope this war ends soon. Too much tragedy is happening in our state. = =

It seems like British soldiers are getting sneakier by the day. The British have seemed to “save” a tea company, and with a very cheap price too. However, all of this is too good to be true. We Americans believe it is a sneaky way to make us pay the tax. On a brighter note, there is a brave American by the name of Samuel Adams speaking out to the Patriots, telling them they have the right to stop the Stamp Act. We have lots of Bostonian heroes involved in the war. It makes us proud of our state. Adams had a bright idea, to send a letter to the Governor of Massachusetts complaining about the Stamp Act. Unfortunately, he paid no attention to Adams.

Our brave hero Samuel Adams had a new idea! He decided to get a few tea agents to quit in front of an American crowd. That way he can show the Americans how we can get the English to do anything. Sadly, his idea failed. The tea agents never showed up. But quick-thinking Adams instead spoke out against the Tea Act to the crowd. British are still taxing us though. Something exciting happened lately. British men tried to unload English tea from a ship, but us Americans stopped the British from unloading the dirty English tea into our harbor. Samuel Adams tried to send the tea back to England by asking the governor, but he was under British rule. When we win this war, we have to do something about this governor. media type="custom" key="9233464"

Something amazing just happened! The Bostonian Times will tell it firsthand. Boston hero Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor! The Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea. Samuel Adams sent men to crush any tea that floated into the harbor after the act people are calling the Boston Tea Party. Sadly, this act backfired on us Americans. He closed down our harbor! Us Bostonians can’t get imports of any sort. It seems like King George is plotting to starve us! However, the other American colonies are being generous to us, and sending food by land to our hometown.

This tea party has changed the future of the Revolutionary War. Other tea parties are being held in many colonies. This shows that we are all united colonies of America. The British better be getting our messages thanks to all these tea parties. WE DON’T WANT TO BE RULED BY THE ENGLISH! Brave Patriots like our hero Samuel Adams are inspiring other Americans to take a part in our efforts. We are almost on our way to become an independent country. Soon we will become-the not under British rule country-The United States of America.

Draper, Alison Stark. //The Boston Tea Party//. New York, Powerkids Press, 2001