Troops should be treated just like this guy. A letter from a loyalist May 26, 1774 William Petty 56498 Brigham Wy. London,Britain Why did I have to be transferred to a post in the colonies? Whenever I walk through the streets of Boston, all I hear are insults instead of the compliments I should be receiving for protecting my country. Leading a life in the colonies is hard especially if you’re a British soldier. The tavern, I live in is small and cramped. Everyone around me hates me. Everyday I have to stand through fights and raid houses for food. It isn’t easy. We have to break doors open and pull them out of the doorway. It is so very cold over here. We hardly collect enough firewood to last a day. I’m not getting paid enough for going through all of this. All I get is five pounds a month. I know I should be ashamed of saying this but, unlike all the other soldiers, I’ve not been paying the 2 pound tax to the parliament. The only reason I’m here is because of the debt that Britain has accumulated. They transferred me so that I can help keep order in the colonies. Those colonists won’t pay the 1 cent tariff on British Goods. After all, we were protecting them. They can hardly handle a gun and how many colonists are there? Some 300 men with no army expertise versus 3000 French men and countless numbers of Indians. They had no chance. We came to help them. We saved their lives. Would you rather lose your house or would you pay a 1 cent tax ? Even if some of them could handle a gun, they would be no match for a whole army. If they could have fought the French men, we would be compliments from the King. The colonists are part of Britain and it is our job to protect them. We have every right to protect them and tax them. Why can’t they just pay! It’s a mere 1 cent. Now they’ve created a new kind of money. They had the nerve to create this manuscript they call “The Declaration of independence”. What a stupid name . It states that these colonists deserve independence from Britain because they’re big enough to rule and protect themselves. What a lie. They wouldn’t be able to protect themselves even if they had a 1000 men. But this Declaration of Independence, it disgraces the name of King George the III. King George the III is a great leader and those colonists respect him as if he is a pest. A king leads you and he provides justice. He should be an idol to Britishers and colonists. But no, the colonist won’t understand that the King makes laws to help them. If he doesn’t make a law , the parliament does. He has picked trusted men like the Earl of Bute to help rule the country. They have passed the stamp act for the colonists own good. The King is fair and the colonists abuse him. Will they ever learn? Sincerely Sir William Percy Wyndham
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