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How To Write A Letter To The Stamp Act

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Dear Tom, November 20, 1765 I really do detest doing this. I love you, but perhaps I will soon cease to send these letters. As you know, we Americans must now pay for every piece of paper that we use. It will cost me much to send my love to you, but it will cost you little to do the same. Of course, you have heard of the King’s new law by now. It’s called the Stamp Act, and was passed 19 days before I write this: November 1. We now have to pay a tax for every piece of paper that we buy. Even wills are taxed. While there may have been quite some time between the passing of this law and me writing this letter, I have not been angered or felt its effects in any way that affected me. However, I know that it is safe to say that I am one of few whose morale has not been reduced. But, after all, I am not the one paying for everything that my family wants. For example, father is quite enraged about this. He is not the calm man that you have met before; instead, he seems to be very on edge, …show more content…

Now, it seems as if only bitterness is present. Yes, there is still love, but you must dig to find it. My parents fight over the Stamp Act now, and Lily and I are usually caught in the crossfire. Now that Edward has gone, there is no one to balance our family and calm our parents down. We are somewhat of a hung jury; I side with mother and Lily sides with father one day, and we switch the next. Our hearts, however, are not in it. Mother always argues and tells father that we must be grateful to the King, and that we did not come here to escape him. She says that we should be proud to help him broaden his rule, not ashamed or angry. Father tells her that we did come here to escape him, and that we shouldn’t be serving him. He is angry, yes, but there is nothing that he can do. He has yet to learn that,

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