Character Background:
Patriot88jonnyboy is really a man by the name of John William. He is a merchant from Massachusetts and sells just about any good that people might need. John however is a die hard patriot. He is a visionary of his time and has many ideas that most patriots haven’t even thought of yet. In town he is thought of as a simple man who simply is trying to make a living for himself. However he really is much more. He tries to change the views of all other colonists to try and realize that his ideas are the only ones that really matter.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist is really a woman named Bridget Smith. She was raised as a proper British family and believes that being loyal to the king is the best thing for everyone. She is a single mother of two. Her husband died almost a year ago in a strange incident involving a cow. Bridget was forced to try and fend for her family as best she could. She kept her deceased husband’s vegetable farm going and tries her best to sell as many of the crops as she can. Luckily she has friends like John William around to help her when she needs it.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist- Hey there good sir. How is the day treating thee?
Patriot88jonnyboy-Not to shabby. Just out on the streets all day trying to earn money to feed myself.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist - I know what you mean. It is hard to try and support ourselves, not to mention our families with all of these problems that the patriots keep causing.
Patriot88jonnyboy -You do know I am a patriot right?
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -Yeah but I just don’t understand how you can go and disobey the rules that our king set down for us. After all he is doing what he thinks is best for all of Britain. When you truly think about it Being loyal to the king seems like the best option for us. Not only will our trade continue but we will still be in good terms with our king.
Patriot88jonnyboy - Yeah I know that. But when it comes down to it he just doesn’t know what it is like over here in the colonies. So what gives him rights to set our laws? We the people of this new land must be able to govern ourselves if we ever want to truly make a prosperous land for us to live.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -I get what you are saying. But you make it sound like you no longer even want to be British anymore. And if we aren’t British anymore then I just don’t know what else there is.
Patriot88jonnyboy -Our sense of identity is not what truly matters. All that matters is what is best for our own people, and that is to have laws that truly will help make our land thrive.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -That may be true. But with all of these taxes going on, not only are we repaying our debt for Britain’s help but as a merchant I myself make a better profit.
Patriot88jonnyboy -Yeah I know that. It makes our lives a lot better but at the same time everyone else keeps getting money taken from them that they never agreed to pay. How can you agree to this treatment of our people day after day? The King just keeps sending us laws and taxes without our consent at all. This is just wrong so how can you tolerate it?
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -What can I say? I am a little greedy but if I wasn’t then my whole family would probably suffer a lot more.
Patriot88jonnyboy -See that is the problem with you loyalists, you are unable to grasp the big picture. We are far away from Great Britain so we must have laws that are different that help us out more in the end.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -STFU!!! I don’t care what you have to say. We are British people and we must act like that and follow what our king says no matter what.
Patriot88jonnyboy - You are such a stupid little person. That is why we patriots act the way we do. We fight the king’s laws and taxes so we can better our country as a whole. We start movements to stop the taxes and have demonstrations to show this. The Boston Tea Party for example was a way to show how we won’t pay ridiculous taxes for our goods anymore.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -All that demonstration did was waste more of our money and cause more problems with our relationship with Britain. You must yourself understand that almost all of our goods are sold to Britain. If we cause them to stop trade with us then all that will happen is our economy will suffer and no one will win in the end. Our only way to keep our colony strong is to keep a good relationship with Britain and follow what we are told to do.
Patriot88jonnyboy -You have this naive way of thinking. I believe that we colonies if we have to, can fend for ourselves. We have the ability to keep ourselves wealthy. If we trade only with other colonies not only will we have more goods here but we will not need to pay British taxes anymore. We can start our own government and start to have laws and taxes that will actually be good for us.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist - Yeah I guess. But I don’t see how you can think that. We have always been British and will continue to be British also. I just don’t think anything good will happen if we change our ways. If we aren’t part of Britain then who are we? We would have no identity and that is not something I want.
Patriot88jonnyboy – I know. But we need to form a new identity. We need to try and change.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist – Maybe, but if you patriots would’ve just followed the king’s laws like the stamp act, then we wouldn’t be going through these issues.
Patriot88jonnyboy - We just wanted to have a say in what OUR colonies have to do. Instead of the King setting up all these rules and taxes without our consent, need I remind you!
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist - well it doesn’t change how powerful he is. HE IS THE KING…. He can do what he feels. He doesn’t need your consent. If it wasn’t for him the colonies wouldn’t have been formed to begin with.
Patriot88jonnyboy - Ok. But was it really necessary to place taxes on every paper and document??? What a waist of money which isn’t that easy to come by anyway. That is why we patriots don’t want to be under the king’s rule. The king doesn’t even consider us British anymore.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist -Who knows exactly? It doesn’t matter whether that is necessary or not.
Patriot88jonnyboy - How can you say that??? You do know that the taxes were charged to your fellow loyalists don’t you??
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist - How can you not obey the king? How can you go against all he says? What makes you think you’re so right and he’s so wrong??
Patriot88jonnyboy - First of all, it’s not that we want to disobey the king. We just don’t agree with everything he has done thus far with the colonies. He hasn’t been here; he doesn’t know what we go through, or what our colonies have become. It’s not a matter of right and wrong. WE want what may be better.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist - But the king IS BETTER. He is ruler of England and it’s unbelievable to think that anyone would even try to go against his rule. I don’t understand.
Patriot88jonnyboy – And that is the problem with you loyalists. You are unable to grasp the big picture. You need to realize that we are becoming our own land. If we don’t start to try and separate from the kingdom then nothing good will ever happen for us. So I will just leave you be to try and understand this better. We will talk again soon I hope. And maybe you will even try to be more open-minded and understand where I am coming from.
Hey_itz_BS_the_loyalist –Maybe I will. Well goodbye I will talk with you later my friend.
Sources:1) The American Promise Text book
2) http://www.constitution.org/bcp/vir_res1765.htm
3) http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/index-people.html
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