On Liberating Ourselves, Part I – Joining the Sons of LibertyOnce again, you are traveling back in time…..
The year is 1774.\u00a0 You’ve lived in Boston for fourteen years, but the past 7 years have been all but peaceful here.It all started with the taxes.\u00a0 You had been accustomed to paying them as a subject of the Crown, but seriously?!?!\u00a0 Every item now seemed to bear a tax of some sort or another – and they seemed to be vastly increasing!!\u00a0 And there was always the question that everyone asked in the colony: what did the money go for?\u00a0\u00a0
Then, came the British soldiers.\u00a0 At first, it had been just a garrison – a standard patrol for protection.\u00a0 Now, it appeared to be two or three, perhaps even more.\u00a0 Every so often, a British navy ship would slip in and dock in at the harbor – large and imposing, she would loom ominously over the burgeoning city.\u00a0 Then came the Boston Massacre.\u00a0 People have been growing increasingly frustrated with situation in Boston.\u00a0 You might have stayed out of the fray had you not become personally involved in the situation just last week.\u00a0 At that point, you decided enough was enough.\u00a0
Tonight, you walked down a dark alleyway to an old tavern where you had heard rumors a group of men gathered each Thursday evening.\u00a0 On the back door, you gave the three quick raps, and the door swung open.\u00a0 A burly man close to six feet tall stood in the doorway, a hatchet held aloft.\u00a0 With a shaky voice you stumbled out the passphrase in Latin to gain admittance, and the man drops the hatchet and heartily welcomes you into the meeting of the Boston Sons of Liberty.
This evening, you have come to read your grievances against the British Crown, including the final incident which motivated you to join the Sons of Liberty.
In this activity, you will be writing the statement you will be reading before the Sons of Liberty.\u00a0 You will be writing out your grievances against the British Crown as a colonist and what your motivation was to join the Sons of Liberty.\u00a0 There is no “right” or “wrong” answer with this activity – enjoy the experience of learning about the time and being a colonist before the Revolutionary War!
Your response should be a minimum of two complete paragraphs (three complete sentences) in length. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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