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Dear Abraham (me) August 11, 1776 So, It has three days since news passed of the Declaration of Independence and I have been thinking about it since. It was and is still very shocking to hear that the colonies are actually coming through with breaking away from Britain. Here in Boston, King George III has taken away countless rights from us and forced soldiers into our homes. That is just plain wrong and I am more then willing to fight for my freedom in these situations. What do I even have to loose, I am as poor as a church mouse, I have only a few friends and my small family is so far away. How I see it, the people who wrote this Declaration of Independence just want the rights they should have had in the first place. Hopefully, King George will not rule the colonies for much longer so that everything …show more content…

The author stated in the document that King george calls assembles at the most inconvenient times and places, so that we won't be able to go discuss anything new. I think this was a great point brought up. He has forced us to stay home and not partake in recent assembly's because of where they were held. Some of these assemblies were hours away from my home, and barely anyone was able to go. If you ask me, king George is a coward who is scared to let the people prove him wrong and have a voice in how he "rules" all of us. He also has placed soldiers in our colonies and towns, when there is no war or conflict without our consent. I think this is outrageous that soldiers are forcing themselves within our homes, taking our valuables and not giving us any say in it. King George is a completely selfish and incompetent leader. He is filling our colonies with soldiers and weapons when there is not even a war going on. That makes no sense and makes my life and the lives of others worst than they already were. Those are two of many things we need to fight

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