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Today March 22nd, 1765 is a very harsh day for us Anderson’s in South Carolina. Without asking us, British Parliament had passed a Stamp Act that affected more than half of the colonists in South Carolina. I overheard my Mother and Father discussing this topic, “These Lobster backs are taxing us to pay for their French and Indian War debts, why do they make us pay for it?” Dad sounded very frustrated and irritated about this. My little brother John and I could not understand why the British hates us so much but we hoped they would back down sooner or later. (“Stamp Act Imposed on American Colonies.”) “Adeline let’s go buy some new cards to play Goldfish,” John said. “John we cannot they are too expensive nowadays.” The Stamp Act took a large toll on our family. Great Britain put direct taxes on every paper item such as pamphlets, newspapers (which mom reads everyday), and most importantly legal documents. Yesterday, my father had to get his deed signed for our land, it cost about a couple of cents. Today the price was raised three times higher than yesterday! This was not correct, in fact none of this taxing …show more content…

When I asked Paul this question he replied telling me about the Daughters of Liberty. They were a very bold group of women (like the Sons of Liberty) who began to find substitutes for the British goods. As we boycott Britain’s goods, the ladies find different items made in the colonies to replaces those goods. Later on in the evening I told my Mother about the Daughters of Liberty and the good deeds they are doing for our state. “Thank you for telling me Adeline that sounds like something I would be helpful in, I will definitely start helping them tomorrow. (“Orders of Daughters of

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