American+Revolution

10/5/10 British Persons Point of View American Persons Point of View

10/6/10

I think the british were enraged when american colonists started talking about recciding. Think about if texas started talking about becoming a country we would be very angry. The would be thinking "We gave them great lives and they want to throw all that away in some silly revolution?!" Then when the war started they would probably start thinking of them as terroroists.

10/8/10

Do Now: What are some modern day issues with two prospectives.

The muslim community center 2 blocks from ground zero The plan to fix the economy The plan to get more jobs Which political party should hold more members of the house Wheter or not we should pull out of iraq/afganisthan Gay marriage Abortion The arizona immagration law The biast towards celebrities Taxes Dont ask dont tell The death penalty Gun rights Legalization of Marijuana The health care bill Cost of college

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10/13/10 HW

From evedince from the documents do these documents oppose or support the taxation?

In my opionion these documents oppsoe the taxation. For instace document number 3 showed that the pilgrams had to govern themselves because they landed on Cape Cod which at the time was uncharted land. The british didnt do much for the pilgrams in that time of need then they where taxed which in my opioion is wrong. Document number 6 was about that parliment didnt have a colonist representative and no one from the colonies decided to be taxed. This opposes the taxes because they where just told that they were being taxed without letting votes go through.

10/22/10

Opening Activity I think an indirect tax is something that doesnt effect your money primarly but a direct tax does.- confirmed by wikipedia.com Today an indirect tax would be when a merchant is taxed for the goods he/she is selling then you are charged extra, a direct tax would be like a sales tax where you buy something then you have an x% tax added on to the price. Activity 1

media type="custom" key="7278459" Who was affeced more by the stamp act the rich or poor? The rich because they are usually the buisness owners and they needed to pay extra money on the papaer they used to run their buisnesses

How did this raise concerns amoung the colonists of the british right to tax them. The colonists where not happy about this because they didnt have a say in the making of the law. They felt they were taxed unfairly

Do you think the stamp act is direct or an indirect tax? I think this is an indirect tax to most of the colonists because they were only paying a higher price they werent paying the actuall tax. Activity 2 [|stamp act res.doc] [|APPARTS - Stamp Act Congress.doc]

Activity 3 The colonists felt that the Stamp Act was unfair to them because they had no say in it. They would probably try to get around the taxes any way possible. After the imposition of the Act, the colonists probably rebelled. [|I Hear It Means liberty tree.doc] My prediction was mostly correct. The colonists didn't exactly rebel, but they had meetings and opposed strongly to the Stamp Act. I wouldn't want to be taxed without say, and the colonists obviously felt the same. [|Boston Riot 26 August 1765] [|Two Column Notes stamp.doc] In late August in 1765, Boston was in a state of chaos. There were riots on the streets, and colonists were mad with hatred for the British Stamp Act officials and Parliament for passing the Act. I think a possible solution would be for Parliament to lower the cost of the stamps, or to simply get rid of the Stamp Act. Also, British soldiers could be sent over to regulate the area to prevent further riots.

ACTIVITY 2-3 ARE FROM RAYMOND CHEN'S VIRTUAL NOTEBOOK

11/4/10 Describe what happend at the boston massacre

Sam Adams

Boston Trials

John Adams takes the case The funeral was marched through the street The political cartoon was made to look like it was a full fledged assult on the crowd The man was lying when he said behind his men The slave is pressured to lie The crowd dared the soldiers to fire Captain Preston never ordered a fire Robert Goddard orderd the men to fire

The british goverment

11/5/10

Can violence ever be justified? Yes if it is absolutly neccesary or if someone has the right of vegence. For instance self defense is absoluty a justfied form of violence. Also if someone does something to you that is violent i beleive that the proper response is violence. media type="custom" key="7436007"

11/15/10

I am here at the First Continental Congress in Carpenter's Hall Philadelphia, Pennsslyvania. The day os September 5th 1774 held by 12 delegates out of the 13 colonies this meeting is held to send a message to britan stating why we can not take these "intolerable acts". They are boycotting, sending letters and all out protesting these acts designed to punish

HW Sons of liberty- A gang that was entirely patriotic they led the frontier against great Britain Stamp Act- One of the first acts of tax that the Sons of Liberty went against First Continental Congress- A meeting of 12 of the 13 colonies' delegates they meet to show their disapproval of the "intolerable" acts Alarm Riders- People who rode on horses to alarm the militia generals about the red coats Sam Adams- Leader of the sos of liberty John Adams- Lawyer who protected the red coats during the boston massacre trials later becoming the 2nd president of the United states of america Battle of Lexington- A "battle" that was the start of the revolutionary war Minutemen- Men from the age of 15-60 who fought for the miltia

11/16/10

Arms and Ammunition- Guns and Bullets Minutemen- Teams in the american miltia Miltia- civilian army British Regular- Member of the british army Alarm Riders- People who ride on horses alarming people Paul Revere- A man famouse for the phrase "the british are coming the british are coming" Joseph Warren- American Doctor



11/17/10

Who do you think was at fault on April 19th 1775?

I dont know because the shot was fired by a person who was not on the green noone knows who they were a loyalist or a patriot

The movie so far was about how the "battle" of lexington started and it showed how the colonists prepared and how the british prepared. Then it showed the pistol being fired and how it started the british firing on the colonists. The survivors and people from other Towns and ambushed the british regulars on a road
 * I see/Hear || It means ||
 * Calling Order of Soldiers || They are preparing to move out ||
 * Singing Church Songs while Waiting || They are religious ||
 * Drums || British army is coming ||
 * A pistol protruding from the side || Rouge gunman fired causing british to fire ||
 * "Disperse from the green" || British are telling colonits to retreat ||
 * Men started to disperse || Colonist didnt want to die ||
 * On the way back there are no drums || The britishare less prepared ||

HW After watching the opening scenes of the American Revolution, had you been asked to take up arms against your own government soldiers under what circumstances would you agree to do so? Is it possible you might never do so? Explain why.

After they were told that they where going to be killed by the Regulars they went to fight in their minds they were going to die regardless might aswell die with a fight, so in that case yes I would take arms and fight.

11/21/10

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On 11/23/10 in class I started to evaluate more in my evidence like why I think the war started with the stamp act. Then it heightend with all the other acts that came in the "intolerable acts" where the last straw. Also I will add more information about how the sons of liberty effected the opinion of the colonists Then I need to make a correction where i need to cal the cohersive acts the intolerabl acts instead of the townsend acts

1/11/11

What is an amendmant?

Am amendment is a guideline for what laws can be made. Example, the 1st amendmant says freedom of speech so congress cant make a law saying you cant say "I dont like Sarah Palin' or any law that goes against a religion, assembly, etc.

Summarize the Bill of Rights in our Constitution

The bill of rights is a list of 8 amendmants that act as guidelines for what laws can be written by congress each law must be constitutinal.

Make a list of arguments

Principle Students
 * The Article might have been offensive and disrubting the school atmosphere
 * The parents should put their consent into the publication
 * The article had nothing to do with school
 * The principil is at the head of the paper
 * Freedom of the press wasw violated
 * The press statement was not disrubtive as the names where censored

Read the following statements, one at a time:
 * 1) I am the President, I can declare war on Lower Slobovia; I can make any decision I want.
 * 2) I am a Senator; I can help write and pass any law I want.
 * 3) I am the President of the United States; I can veto any law passed by Congress.
 * 4) I am the President of the United States; I can do anything I want.
 * 5) I am the President of the United States; I can make a treaty with Upper Slobovia.
 * 6) We're the Supreme Court; we'll be ruling on every law for years.

1. The president cannot declare war on Lower Slobavia Congress has to the president has