1. Look over what lesson 3 said about the Tea Act and Party. Try to understand how each side thought and felt. 2. Write your two editorials in the space provided at the end of the assignment. Suppose it is February 15, 1774. The Boston Tea Party happened two months before and news has just arrived in London, but the Intolerable Acts have not been passed yet. First write an editorial for the Boston Patriot, a newspaper that opposed the Tea Act and therefore supports the Tea Party. Then write an editorial for the London Tory, a paper that supports the policies of the King and Parliament. Since this paper is in favor of the Tea Act, it is highly critical of the Tea Party. Remember, both editors sincerely believe they are right. Make sure each editorial contains these elements: i. a catchy title reflecting the contents and feelings of the editorial ii. a direct statement of what your opinion, as the editor, is on the issue iii. strong and specific evidence supporting your opinion on the issue iv. specific recommendations of what you think should be done 3. Write who you think was really right in this dispute and why. 4. If you use any outside sources for this assignment, please write them down at the bottom in this format: book or magazine: authors name, title, date published, page number web site: author (if known), title, web site address, date used Below is an example of an editorial about the Proclamation Line of 1763 from the Patriot position. Parliament Wrong to Fence Frontier Rights [Element 1: write the title last so it reflects what youve written.] The London governments Proclamation of 1763 is as dangerous as it is unwise and foolish. [This is element 2: overall opinion opposed to this policy about the event in question.] Didnt the British Empire fight the French and Indian War to drive the French out of this land west of the Appalachians? Now that the war is won, for the first time ever we can settle these rich lands without fear of the French. Why fight the war if we cant enjoy the fruits of victory? There are already too many settlers beyond the line to bring them back peacefully. As backwoodsman Demetrius Hogshead put it, Would His Majesty now wage war on his own subjects? The government claims it will be too expensive to protect these settlers against the Indians. The settlers can protect themselves. Beyond their usual practice hunting, many of them have military experience from the French and Indian War. Furthermore, you cant enforce this line. Too many people will find a way through and still cause the problems you hope to prevent. Why issue an unenforceable edict? All it can do is stir up trouble with subjects who want to be loyal but under wise policies. Are you restraining colonials so that English speculators can secure these lands for themselves? [This is the end of element 3: specific reasons, based on facts, why the opinion is right. Notice how the editorial refers to the historical situation at the time to support its opinion.] His Majestys government should immediately reconsider this policy that can have no healthy effect and will easily have harmful ones. Colonial settlers should obey their government, but they should also remember that their colonial charters guarantee them all rights of Englishmen. Let us all hope that the government does not persist in foolishness and force her subjects to choose between obedience to their government and to their rights, which should always be one and the same. [This is the end of element 4: specific recommendations about what should be done in light of the passage of the Proclamation Line of 1763.] 1. British Editorial 2. American Editorial

1. Look over what lesson 3 said about the Tea Act and Party. Try to understand how each side thought and felt. 2. Write your two editorials in the space provided at the end of the assignment. Suppose it is February 15, 1774. The Boston Tea Party happened two months before and news has just arrived in London, but the Intolerable Acts have not been passed yet. First write an editorial for the Boston Patriot, a newspaper that opposed the Tea Act and therefore supports the Tea Party. Then write an editorial for the London Tory, a paper that supports the policies of the King and Parliament. Since this paper is in favor of the Tea Act, it is highly critical of the Tea Party. Remember, both editors sincerely believe they are right. Make sure each editorial contains these elements: i. a catchy title reflecting the contents and feelings of the editorial ii. a direct statement of what your opinion, as the editor, is on the issue iii. strong and specific evidence supporting your opinion on the issue iv. specific recommendations of what you think should be done 3. Write who you think was really right in this dispute and why. 4. If you use any outside sources for this assignment, please write them down at the bottom in this format: book or magazine: authors name, title, date published, page number web site: author (if known), title, web site address, date used Below is an example of an editorial about the Proclamation Line of 1763 from the Patriot position. Parliament Wrong to Fence Frontier Rights [Element 1: write the title last so it reflects what youve written.] The London governments Proclamation of 1763 is as dangerous as it is unwise and foolish. [This is element 2: overall opinion opposed to this policy about the event in question.] Didnt the British Empire fight the French and Indian War to drive the French out of this land west of the Appalachians? Now that the war is won, for the first time ever we can settle these rich lands without fear of the French. Why fight the war if we cant enjoy the fruits of victory? There are already too many settlers beyond the line to bring them back peacefully. As backwoodsman Demetrius Hogshead put it, Would His Majesty now wage war on his own subjects? The government claims it will be too expensive to protect these settlers against the Indians. The settlers can protect themselves. Beyond their usual practice hunting, many of them have military experience from the French and Indian War. Furthermore, you cant enforce this line. Too many people will find a way through and still cause the problems you hope to prevent. Why issue an unenforceable edict? All it can do is stir up trouble with subjects who want to be loyal but under wise policies. Are you restraining colonials so that English speculators can secure these lands for themselves? [This is the end of element 3: specific reasons, based on facts, why the opinion is right. Notice how the editorial refers to the historical situation at the time to support its opinion.] His Majestys government should immediately reconsider this policy that can have no healthy effect and will easily have harmful ones. Colonial settlers should obey their government, but they should also remember that their colonial charters guarantee them all rights of Englishmen. Let us all hope that the government does not persist in foolishness and force her subjects to choose between obedience to their government and to their rights, which should always be one and the same. [This is the end of element 4: specific recommendations about what should be done in light of the passage of the Proclamation Line of 1763.] 1. British Editorial 2. American Editorial