Stamp+Act+Project


 * STAMP ACT PROJECT**

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//You are an editorial writer for the Boston Gazette. You’ve witnessed the action taken by the mob against Andrew Oliver and Thomas Hutchinson. You will be writing an editorial in response to the statement below.//
 * Support or refute: The Sons of Liberty were justified in using the mob as a political tactic. Use evidence from the documents to support your opinion.**

I refute the statement "the Sons of Liberty were justified in using the mob as a political tactic." The Sons of Liberty were trying to get the British to change their way of treating the colonies, but they weren't doing a good job with the stamp act. The colonists were mad at the British for charging them with the stamp act, but coming up with mobs isn't solving the problem politically. The effigies of Andrew Oliver and Thomas Hutchinson, were made to mock them, but not only were they mocked, the colonists who planned this out also did some destruction upon some British property. This isn't how they should act upon a matter they don't agree with. They should say something, come up with some kind of debate, or express their opinions in a way that doesn't break the law.

The Sons of Liberty were hardlyt doing any good. Since they hated Thomas Hutchingson for his arrogance, ambition, power, and wealth, they wanted to show it by attacking his house, so his once beautiful mansion become a "mere shell." Nobody eveen dared to stop this violence. The people who had organized this horrific event, had moved away from everything, probably so they wouldn't get caught and killed. Sure the British hadn't treated them right, but the colonies rebelled in a violent way and that just makes them be remembered as law-breakers, and criminals. It's hard to be on the Sons of Liberty side because of their behavior towards the stampo act. Because of this, I do not support this statement.

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