Pencil Sharpener
You asked a man next to you who it was who was speaking in the front. “That’s Samuel Adams” he replied without looking away from the front. “He’s going to talk about the tea shipment in the Boston harbor, maybe he has found a way to keep us from paying the English for it”.
“Thank you all for gathering here today at the South Meeting House” you heard a loud voice coming from the other end of the building. “As you know the Sons of Liberty have been able to turn around nearly all of the shipments of tea from England”. The man paused for a moment and the room was quiet.
The man continued speaking. “The English do not respect the rights of the American colonies, and they tax us to pay for their wars and expenses without the American people having any representation in parliament! Hear me on this! The English would force us to buy their tea, not allowing any other nation to sell. This is nothing but another tax to fill their King’s pockets. We will not have our freedom threatened, we will not pay for this tea! Therefore, we can not allow that tea be unloaded on American soil! This meeting can do nothing further to save this country”.
When you got outside you saw that people were masking their faces and some even dressing up as Native Americans.
What will you do
“Thank you all for gathering here today at the South Meeting House” you heard a loud voice coming from the other end of the building. “As you know the Sons of Liberty have been able to turn around nearly all of the shipments of tea from England”. The man paused for a moment and the room was quiet.
The man continued speaking. “The English do not respect the rights of the American colonies, and they tax us to pay for their wars and expenses without the American people having any representation in parliament! Hear me on this! The English would force us to buy their tea, not allowing any other nation to sell. This is nothing but another tax to fill their King’s pockets. We will not have our freedom threatened, we will not pay for this tea! Therefore, we can not allow that tea be unloaded on American soil! This meeting can do nothing further to save this country”.
When you got outside you saw that people were masking their faces and some even dressing up as Native Americans.
What will you do