Thomas Paine's Narrative on Boston Tea Party

My dear mother and father, I must apologize for my mistake first. I did not send any letters to any of you because I’ve been pretty busy now here in America. I’ve been busy writing something that is very important to America now and on the same side, may seem harmful to England’s interests. Actually, I am writing a document that states the necessity of the 13 colonies uniting together and being a new, free, and united country.

I know this idea may sound crazy and overwhelming to both of you. Also, you might think that I do not love my mother country. Actually, I’m trying to save our country which ought to be great as its name of Great Britain implies. I will explain this whole complicated case by using nice details.

You all know that I had two wives before during my life in England. The two marriages were not very happy. Among all my children, many of them died due to serious diseases. At that time, I really felt very depressed. When it comes to my career, I even met more failures. I was always an ambitious person. When I was young, I only received a plain education. By plain education, I mean I only learned how to do basic reading and writing. Later in my life, my only way of learning was through reading more academic and professional books. When I grew up as an adult, I tried many different occupations. However, I always ended up with failures. That was definitely not the thing I want. I always dreamed of doing something big. Several months ago, I met a great person name, Benjamin Franklin. Actually, because of him, I came to America. We had a conversation a few days after we met. While we were chatting, I could see that a surge of new and glittering thoughts was coming out from his head like a fountain and dancing around his head like a bunch of butterflies.

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Also, I decided to write this because I witnessed the horrible acts and crimes that were acted upon the poor colonists by my own country which is a devil to them. As a soldier who participated in the Seven Years’ War, I knew that the failure of the British side was actually devastating instead of minimal as the news reported. In order to save the country’s economy, they are now imposing a huge amount of taxes on the poor colonists who are not responsible for either the failure of the British side or paying the excessive amount of debt for the English people. Two major acts were the Stamp Act and the Tea Act. The Stamp Act imposes taxes on all of the documents that require the usage of paper, including things like letters which is literally the thing that you are looking at now, and newspapers. The Tea Act imposes taxes on tea. I know that the major group of people who consume tea is the English due to my identity as an English man. Then can you even imagine the brutal act of letting others pay the costs of your own actions? It’s hard, right? The colonists definitely rebelled because of all of the brutal acts and behaviors that have done to them. For example, at the time when the Stamp Act was passed, almost all of the newspapers in America reported this event and expressed the message of the need to rebel. Among all of the resistance to the act, the most famous and fierce one was the parade which was held by the Sons of Liberty who was a group of colonists. During the parade, they killed an English man whose name was called Andrew Oliver and who was responsible for giving out the stamps. As a result, the British government passed the Declaratory Law which states their right to pass any law that concerns the colonists. The colonists also responded with the Boston Tea Party. In this event, the colonists overturned 342 chests of tea into the sea. About 4 years before, a bloody fight occurred which was known as the Boston Massacre which started as a little street fight between a single British soldier and several colonists. Later, it became larger. The British soldier killed some of the colonists. All of the information above is basically all of the things that happen with the American colonists. I believe after my paper is finished and the opening of the First Continental Congress, the newly born America will be ready to take on its flight to independence and kick the ball of war. I know it’s hard for both of you to accept anyway. Still, I’m going to do this. Finally, I love you all and I will respond to your letter as soon as possible.

Best Wished and Love you all

Your Son

Thomas Paine

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