I believe I would have become a patriot. The tyrannical acts of King George would have been intolerable. Thomas Jefferson spells them out nicely in the Declaration of Independence, and a few particularly insulting injustices include:
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature . . . He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people . . . He has obstructed the administration of justice. . . He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. (341-342)
This sampling gives an idea of how King George treated the colonists. His attempt at absolute authority and stubbornness in it created countless problems and frustrations for the colonists. For all the inspiring talk and excitement of building a new government, it was motivated by a desire to escape an unjust system. This would have been my motivation too. …show more content…
Thomas Paine points out that the Colonies do not gain much yet have much to lose by complying to King George. In his pamphlet, Common Sense, Paine explains:
. . . not a single advantage is derived. . . But the injuries and disadvantages which we sustain by that connection are without number . . . any submission to, or dependence on, Great Britain tends directly to involve this continent in European wars and quarrels, and set at variance with nations who would otherwise seek our friendship . . .
He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature . . . He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people . . . He has obstructed the administration of justice. . . He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. (341-342)
This sampling gives an idea of how King George treated the colonists. His attempt at absolute authority and stubbornness in it created countless problems and frustrations for the colonists. For all the inspiring talk and excitement of building a new government, it was motivated by a desire to escape an unjust system. This would have been my motivation too. …show more content…
Thomas Paine points out that the Colonies do not gain much yet have much to lose by complying to King George. In his pamphlet, Common Sense, Paine explains:
. . . not a single advantage is derived. . . But the injuries and disadvantages which we sustain by that connection are without number . . . any submission to, or dependence on, Great Britain tends directly to involve this continent in European wars and quarrels, and set at variance with nations who would otherwise seek our friendship . . .