We Are Patriots

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We Are Patriots

• We are patriots because

By Madison Erin
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Taxation Without Representation

• Taxes were one of the major problems.
• Britain thought they had the right to tax the
  colonist because Britain ruled over them.
• The first taxes were not so bad. As the years
  went by the colonist found themselves drowning in
  them.
• The colonist were taxed on ordinary items such as
  tea.
• Thats called taxation without representation and
  it is not fair!

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TradeDa BIG Issue

• Britain took advantage with trade.
• The colonist would sell the British inexpensive
  items. The British would than sell the item for a
  more expensive prices in a cruel way. That is
  called mechanism.
• The colonist realized they were being taken
  advantage of and wanted to make their own
  decision.

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Standing Armies !!!! (look out)

• A major issue was that Britain had standing
  armies in the colonies even in times of peace.
• It was hard to speak your mind of the British in
  vain.
• Britain was very violent so if you said King
  George The III you would be executed in many
  horrid ways.

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Da Boston Massacre

• The Boston massacre was very unfair to the
  colonist.
• It shows in a way that Britain did not care for
  peace and preferred to strike an innocent
  colonist randomly.
• The British killed possibly 9 colonist.
• Britain then bayoneted the wounded colonist and
  left the bodies there to die.

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The Quartering Act!!!!!

• Under the law the colonist had to provide the
  British solders with food transportation and
  shelter as well.
• The British forced the colonist to accept the
  horrid offer of Quartering because Britain said
  they were protecting the colonist from the French
  a threat.
• The colonist however never considered the French
  a threat.