Synthesis They Say I Say

----The Stamp act was probably the main event that had a lot to do with the revolution. Many people were split on the idea. Many argued that the British didn't have any say in the house of Commons, if they weren't actually physically present. The reason why the stamp act had more revolt than the sugar act was because the sugar act had more purpose to regulate trade, while on the other hand, the stamp act was just a way to raise money out of debt. One thing I learned from the quote is that the revolution was not just the war itself, but it was the revaluation that the people had in their minds together before any of the fighting started. Many of the people recognized that what was happening was not right and it needed to be stopped and that was when the revolution started.

---I believe that despite some of the general beliefs that Britain could still tax the colonists, because they are apart of the nation still stood in some of the minds of the people, the overall revolution and revolt of a big portion of the colonist was had the right idea. The colonists and the British may be one nation technically, but they were still two different groups of people. The British were more responsible for the debt they were going through and when the colonists started to realize that, thats when they truly started to become more and more like Americans, because they were already physically separated from the British, but they were also mentally separating them selfs. In the reading, it describes what the colonists thought of the British being in the House of Commons and helping making a decision without being physically there wasn't fair. I completely agree with this statement, because the British were thousands of miles away from the colonists, and they had no idea what was happening in the colonies to make a just decision on what to vote for. All they were concerned with was getting money out of the colonists.