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This 3 page paper discusses the Coercive Acts passed by Britain with regard to the American colonies. It takes the form of a letter from a British MP to his cousin in Massachusetts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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punish the rebellious American colonists. They had the opposite effect and proved to be the spark that ignited the Revolution. This paper discusses these acts, but takes the form of
a letter from a Member of Parliament to his cousin in Massachusetts, telling him why the writer is voting in favor of these acts. Discussion When this type of paper
is assigned, the student should take advantage of the less formal structure and use their imagination to construct an interesting narrative that also presents the facts. In this case, the
student might do something like the following. Dear Cousin William, I received your letter in which you ask me frankly if its true that Parliament will be voting this spring
on a series of acts that will directly affect the colonies. I reply with equal frankness that it is true: we are considering five separate acts, which are to be
known as the Boston Port Bill, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Acts, the Quartering Act and the Quebec Act (Faragher). I must also tell you that I
will be voting in favor of these acts. You will, of course, want to know why I am so inclined, since we are of the same family and these laws
will cause a measure of hardship for you. While we appreciate the courage with which colonial troops fought at our side during the Seven Years War (which you, I believe,
remember as the French and Indian War), that conflict unfortunately engendered a way of thinking in which you tend now to see yourselves as separate from us and, in some
ways, self-governing (Faragher). That, my dear William, is the heart of the conflict. It has always been the duty of Parliament to make laws for all the people of this
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