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"Are
you with me?" cries Sears. He is staring directly at
you. Your friends' and neighbors' eyes are upon you.
"I
am with you!" you shout. A group of merchants clap you on the
back.
"Always
knew you had courage," says Shea. "Knew it all
along."
You are
soon part of an angry mob. You march toward Colonel Colden's
house. He has been warned, and flees on a British warship.
"The
coward!" yells Sears. "He shall not escape our
wrath!"
Led by
a shouting, screaming Sears, you reach Colden's coach house. You
hack his horse carriages into kindling. You force the British
officers there to burn sheets of stamps.
You
have mixed feelings. You want to teach Britain a lesson, but is
this violence necessary? It is a new and unlawful activity for
you, as you smash the belongings of another person. You feel like
a criminal.
Isaac
Sears jumps atop a smashed carriage. "Let's go to Chambers
Street -- there's another British officer there. He has bragged
that he will shove the Stamp Act down our throats. I'd like to see
him try it!"
You
don't want any more destruction. You just want to go home, but do
you dare leave and be branded a coward?
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