"Mom!" I screamed, running through the house, “Mommy, quick come outside!” I couldn’t believe the news I had heard in town. The town was chaos, everyone was screaming, and the echoes could be heard all around. I heard people saying things such as, “It’s all the King’s fault!” and “I thought the point of the colonies was to get away from the King and his rules!” “Charlotte! Come inside quickly honey! Your father should be home soon, we can ask him what’s going on then.” My mother called for me. I was excited and scared to see what my father would say because there had been so much angry screaming. A couple of hours later when my father returned home from work, he sat us down by the blazing fire. Everyone eagerly awaited what he was going to say. …show more content…
“Well, the money from the Stamp Act will be used to help defend the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains.” My dad explained. “I heard something about that, someone told me that 10,000 troops are going to put on the frontier!” I added. All of a sudden, outside of the window there was a loud chanting. I ran to the door and opened it, there were two lines of people holding up signs and marching. “What are they doing?” I asked. “Those are protesters, they are fighting against the King and his rules.” My mother