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| "We only had six pennies!" |
The guidelines:
-Six pennies to start the day for each "colonist".
-An index card to get stamped each time a colonist paid a tax.
-One pencil that must be used the entire day.
Taxes:
-Must pay for any handout given, such as the math review.
-Must pay to sharpen your pencil.
-Must pay to have recess. (This really started to cause some revolting!)
-If wanted, must pay for an extra 5 minutes of recess.
Some students spoke out after the recess tax with quite a bit of frustration!
"How I feel about taxes, is mad and sad because I'm giving money away. Also if I want to spend it on something I can't because there will be nothing left." -JJ
"I think taxation without representation is not fair because we are having to pay to play and I refused to pay, so I didn't get to play. This is very unfair for the colonists." -AA
"I think King Gentry is being very unfair taxing us wihtout representation. It's really not fair! How rude! She's taxing us for things I used everyday! I would hate to live in the 1700s with taxation without representation. I feel very, very, very MAD!" -HW
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| Investigating the Stamp Act |
"I feel mad! I have to pay for my recess! Really? So mad!:/" -AC
"I feel angry! I feel like nothing I say or do will make her stop! Taxation is just not fair! I can't even do recess without being taxed!" -BM
"I feel so mad that I have to pay for sharpening my pencil, getting a piece of paper, and I have to pay if I want recess. I just don't think that's fair!" -KK
"We have to pay taxes for recess, paper, and to sharpen our pencil. :( "
-HS
"I feel bad that we have to pay for recess! I mean come on! It stinks." -EP
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| Working hard |
What an exciting day!
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