- The tax that they thought was the most affecting was the tea act
- They wanted to keep the land because they didn’t want to be bossed around
- They got more annoyed as they received more taxes
- The taxes were named after whatever was being taxed
- Some patriots felt very empowered to break away but other former loyalists were scared of being hung or decapitated
- Thomas jefferson was chosen to write the first draft of The Declaration of Independence because he had good handwriting and spoke seven languages
- They think the best thing about great britain not controlling the colonies is that there are no soldiers policing them and no taxes
When we went to the second continental congress we learned about things like wich acts they disliked the most.They told us that as they kept receiving taxes they got angrier and angrier.There least favorite tax and the one that they thought affected them the most was the tea act.There least favorite thing about being controlled by great Britain was having the soldiers policing them and the taxes.Also when they wrote the declaration of independence Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the declaration because he spoke seven languages and had neat hand writing.