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Dear Editor,
After reading Thomas Paine’s Common Sense piece, I have never felt more like a patriot. His words of wisdom have given this country a sense of hope. Our future relies on us coming together as colonies and declaring independence from the tyrannical dictator that is the King George III. His three-thousand mile rule must come to an end. We can accomplish our new-found independence by understanding our current status, accepting what must change in the colonies, and looking forward to forming our own nation and democracy. These will benefit us for years to come.
Unfortunately, our current state of affairs is dismal at best. Our taxes are high, our ruler unforgiving, and expansion of new territories is non-existent, due to the boundary line.
The Stamp Act alone has made living in the colonies practically unbearable. Our main means of communication, the printed word, has been maliciously made unaffordable. In aggrence to a true colonial, Thomas Paine, our words and opinions are not tangible and therefore are not taxable. The untaxed words of our King say that his word is good enough for all ears, thereby law. Patriots like me, however, want our own thoughts to be our law.
This so-called ruler from thousands of miles away does not see us as people from his country. He sees us as lesser subjects born without the hereditary rights of Englishmen. A monarchy, by definition, is a form of government in which supreme power is bestowed upon an individual, who is the head of state, often for life, and set apart from all other members of the state.
Along with our King’s outrageous ideas of his new land come new rules of constriction. He has forebidden us from traveling into new territories set forth by The Proclamation of 1763. Thirteen years of law against us, a commoner, traveling outside Mother England’s set marks.(fragnmet)
Patriots across the colonies share a common theme. We all want free rule of our land and...