Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams An American View of the Stamp good turn Samuel Adams writes a garner to his English friend, rear Smith, crusadeing the Americans side of the new-fashi id imperial appraiseation and control. He describes the colonists look ating of the behave as twain burdensome and unconstitutional. They feel as if they be not delineate as they should be and that their rights as Englishmen are being taken away from them. He goes on to say that Parliament cannot tax them consistent with the constitution because they are not represented. In 1765 England passed a new law called the Stamp Act.This act was meant to replace the sugar act because that act did not work. It taxed all printed items. England mat that they unavoidable to tax the colonies because the colonies were still a part of England and felt that they needed to garter pay for the debt that they were in for the war that they had helped fight for the colonies. Benjamin Franklin proposed that if England was to tax the colonies, then they wanted members in the legislature so they could be virtuoso people. However, politicians rejected this idea and called Franklin a radical.England felt like the colonies were al trainy represented enough because they had virtual representation and didnt need to have geographical representation. England said that geographic representation would cost them too much while and hardly any laws would be passed. In this letter Adams says England is increasing their condition and wealth at the colonies expense. He argues against the point that England makes saying that the war was to defend the colonies, saying that England didnt do it for the colonies, but more for advancing their ruler and glory.Samuel Adams had a bias towards the American side. Originally the audience was his friend John Smith. However, since this letter has been published it is more aimed towards the English because it is refuting their side of the Stamp Act and how they thought of it. Samuel Adam s is trying to get his point across that he and the respire of America feel under represented. I think that the meaning of this record is to let people know that there is just more than one side to the different acts that England was passing.There was an English side as well as an American side. The point was to show us the different views of each(prenominal) side, and help us realize that it was more of a misunderstanding rather than England abstracted to take all control, and America wanting to break away from England. I think that one of the biggest misconceptions most people get from these different acts that finally led to the revolution, was that America wanted to separate from England. However, this wasnt the case. America actually wanted to stay a part of the English Empire.America and England just could neer see eye to eye, for example how each of them saw Americas representation. This letter helped me snap off understand why this all these small acts at long last l ed up to the American revolution. It made me realize that a mint candy of history is bias. Usually people only hear or read about one side of things and dont really think about listening to the other side. To really understand history and better understand why something happened the way it did, its better to study each side of it.