A letter to King George III of England expressing whether or not he should allow the colonists to declare their independence from England.

We Demand Independence Now!

Dear King George III,

You have caused us all pain and suffering. Your ignorance and inequality has greatly affected our lives. The horrible acts you put on us gave us reason to be infuriated. We have decided that there is only one solution. We, the colonists, will declare independence and break away from the ever vicious hold of Britain.

We have the right to be enraged because your commands are overwhelming. You have placed tax after tax on our community. We were not able to have our molasses and other products from the West Indies because you commanded so with the Sugar Act. For every document and piece of paper bought we had to pay a tax because of the Stamp Act. This taxation was placed without any American representation. The Townshend Acts was a tax placed at the harbors and not at the store. The British Parliament tried to trick us. We are not that gullible. The Tea Act only allowed us to buy tea from the British East India Company. We should have the right to make our own decisions. The Navigation Acts have forced us to only trade with Britain, who in return sold us the same item, but for more money. The Proclamation of 1763 forced us to not move west of the Appalachian Mountains for which we fought and gave our lives for. Since you could not protect us from the Native Americans because of your war debt, which you paid us pay for, we were not able to move to our new gained lands. To enforce the Proclamation of 1763, you sent dozens of soldiers to our colonies. We had to provide them with food, beer, a place to sleep, and transportation because you passed the Quartering Act. We cannot afford what your country should be paying for. Then you placed an excruciating act on us, The Coercive Acts. You closed down the port of Boston, put the colony of Massachusetts under house arrest, soldiers were placed in their communities, and British officials could not be tried in Massachusetts. By closing down the port of Boston, you were practically starving the citizens of Boston who received their food from outside sources. No reasonable king would put such burden on his people. We have protested and boycotted these acts. We asked for appeals and some you would not accept. You have taken away our unalienable rights-life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This type of king should not be in the Parliament.

We have put up with many of the cruelty by Britain. You believed only in mercantilism. We were then forced to trade with Britain only. Our trade has been cut off from the rest of the world. We did not benefit from our trade since we could only trade with Britain. Britain only benefited from our trade. We ourselves did not benefit from our own trade. We were forced to create the illegal, according to your laws, Triangular Trade. Your soldiers have caused us great misery. Your so-called protecting soldiers killed five unarmed colonists. We, the American colonies, were just and gave the soldiers a fair trial by giving them one of our most prestigious lawyers, John Adams. We certainly think we deserve better treatment.

We, the colonies, were not treated equally and were left alone for the most part. The Salutary Neglect was Britain's absence in colonial America for a period of time. We were left alone to deal with our own problems and govern ourselves. We had to develop our own governments which you later dissolved. We can easily form our own government and create our own country. We were not given the same rights of a British citizen. We, the American colonies, were treated as dirt. We were not given the rights and respect of British citizens, but we were given the right to pay for their war debt. We do not deserve this treatment. We should be given the full treatment of any British citizen. If we don't get the right treatment, what is the point of being even in contact with Britain?

Britain did not acknowledge our colonies as true British citizens. The British Parliament passed many demanding acts and taxations. We, the colonists, were treated cruelly by Britain. We feel that there is no benefit in staying connected to Britain. King George III, we are declaring our independence and separation from Britain.