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British Perspective

How do you think a British person would take the American Revolution?

I think that a British person would think of the American revolution as an annoyance and a little speck in their eye. From the perspective of a British official, I would think that the American Revolution was a giant waste of money too, because even though the war wasn't a win-lose, black or white, hot or cold war, England still lost land after putting a lot of time and money into it. Through the eyes of a regular British Citizen, I would feel the economic drop because of the loss of income from the colonial industries. With a decrease of goods coming in from the American Colonies, businesses wouldn't be doing as well because they wouldn't have as many products. Store owners would have to increase their prices and pretty soon, England would face what we're facing now in America. I think that the American Revolution would be a slap to the face to England after the English Government was nicer to them than France ever would have been.

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I still think that the British had the right to tax the colonies. I did not change my mind during this debate.

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The townshend acts video showed that Charles Townshend was a politician in England in 1767 who had his old spice swagger. He made a bunch of laws for the American colonies which eventually started the American Revolution. These laws were mostly taxes on everything.

I think the colonists sent letters to parliament. Smuggle Boycott PROTEST Writs of assistance=bad

I thin its the American Colonists' fault the British fired on them because Crispus Atticks attacked a soldier with a weapon and th egun went off by accident. The Soldiers were trained to fire whne they hear fire and the sound of a musket. Also, the colonists were daring them to fire.

Compare and Contrast Photos of Boston Massacre Alike- Different-
 * 1) guns
 * 2) soldiers
 * 3) citizens
 * 4) guns shooting
 * 5) smoke

Samuel Adams told a bunch of mobsters to get revenge on the british soldiers. a Mob formed and there was a riot. Crispus Atticks Attacked a man and the gun went off by accident. Then the british soldiers fired and killed people.


 * Robert Goddard said he could touch the captain but said Cpt. Preston was behind his men.
 * Rioters were yelling FIRE!
 * Robert Palms talked to Cpt. Preston before the riot
 * Robert Palms said that Cpt. Preston said that he would never give the order to FIRE!
 * Cpt. Preston never told them to FIRE
 * Cpt. Preston was standing in front of his men according to Palms but Palms heard the order come from behind him.
 * Robert Goddard said that Preston said fire but Robert Goddard was in the alley with the crowd \
 * Eventually found not guilty, all of them


 * __Do Now:__** I think violence can be justified like when someone is going to hurt someone else and the only way to stop them is to have a police officer shoot them or shoot them yourself. Or, if you can't get your point across to someone before they do something bad and you have to hurt them to not do it. Also, violence can be justified in self defense.

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homework from 11/15 The first continental congress was a meeting of 55 representatives from 12 colonies. The meeting was held in Carpenter's hall in Philadelphia yesterday, September 5, 1774. Some of the representatives included George Washington, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, John Jay, and John Dickinson. These 55 representatives voted and do not want independence, like may of us, for this would mean a war. No, instead, this congress wants to right the wrongs done to England and put our differences in the past. With this in mind, congress hopes that this means London will obtain one more voice to be heard and America will get a say in parliament. As for the placement of more laws in the colonies, the representatives said that there will be a vote among themselves to pass new laws. One representative said that they will most likely be in session until late October.

Words-
 * 1) __Protest__-an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to avoid
 * 2) __Rebellion__-open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler
 * 3) __Sugar Act__-a law passed by the British Parliament in 1764 raising taxes on sugar to help pay off the debt from the French & Indian war
 * 4) __Stamp Act__-a law passed by parliament that made the use of all paper require a stamp from a British official
 * 5) __Townshend Acts__-a series of laws put into place by Charles Townshend in retaliation to America's "bad behavior" to the stamp act
 * 6) __Boston Massacre__-a shooting that started with a mob, rioting in front of some British soldiers. One British soldier fell because of a blow to the head and when his musket fell it went off. at that point all the other soldiers fired their weapons
 * 7) __Boston Tea Party__- an act by the Sons of Liberty where they dressed up as Indians and raided a British tea holding ship dumping it into the Boston Habor
 * 8) __No Taxation without Representation__-the slogan the colonists used because they felt that they didn't have a voice in parliament when all these acts were passed on them without them being able to state their opinion

//__Arms and ammunition__-//guns and bullets //__Minutemen__-//younger people in the miltia who trained to fight //__Militia__-//a civilian army //__British Regular__-//redcoat in the British Army //__Alarm Riders__-//message carriers for the Americans that alerted people of something bad happening //__Paul Revere__-//a person who rode around telling people that the British are coming //__Joseph Warren__-//an american doctor __//**ONLY UNWANTED (BY BRITISH) PATRIOT LEADER**//__

Homework for 11/16/10 regular police coming to arrest someone || when they heard the sound of the gun || Or were they protecting something else? If so, I'd like to know what they were protecting. || shoot? || the Battle of Lexington. || they retreated and assumed they won and still rewrote history || knows, maybe we would still be a part of England right now. But we'll never know. ||
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 * April 15, 1775 || This was before the war, if i were someone in Lexington or Concord I would think of this as the
 * " //on no account to fire, nor even to attempt it without orders"// || this reminds me of the Boston Massacre where the cpt. told them not to fire but they fired
 * the picture of the Lexington green || Why did it look like the militia was trying to defend the way to Bedford? Was it a diversion?
 * " //**shot heard around the world"**// || Who shot first? Cpt. Parker told his men to move, not shoot, did one of them take it to mean
 * first battle in the American Revolutionary War || The first battle of the American Revolution was a mistake? ||
 * "the British, without provocation, had fired upon a party of minute-men" || funny how one little lie can make a lot of people in America get such a wrong picture about
 * "Marines shouted huzzahs as an expression of victory" || People say that history is written by the winners but the colonists didn't even win,
 * piece flashed in the pan || i think that means the gun misfired, those were common a lot back then ||
 * Major Pitcairn's report to General Gage || History is all about perspective ||
 * "Poor chains of command on both sides surely contributed to the chaos" || I wonder how the day would've turned out if both sides had gotten their facts straight. Who

soldier would soon die of his wounds" || Were muskets that bad???? I would rather use a slingshot or a wooden club if all the muskets could do was kill 2 people on each side and wound another. What happened to make the battle so fast? || would be stupid enough to say that. He would probably get killed in that bar (a bunch of drunk angry colonists, it's a no brainer) and British officers were very patient and didn't want to start trouble. I think it was just a myth to make the militia more angry and determined to win the battle || in the house, enough to supply a militia || American or British? || army? If so, why didn't they use this tactic before if it was so affective?Or was this not very affective at all? ||
 * **//__Content__//** || **//__Response__//** ||
 * his horse threw him off on the way back || how did he get another horse? Weren't horses like cars? ||
 * "two Americans and two British soldiers were dead and a third British
 * "declaring that he hoped he would stir the Yankee blood so before night" || From my knowledge of the British Cpts. and other highly ranked officers, i highly doubt that he
 * destroyed flour along with guns and ammunition || how can flour be considered a military weapon, because if it is, i have a bunch of weapons
 * This is Longfellows description || maybe I accidentally skipped a part but i don't remember hearing of a "longfellow"was he
 * " //running battle back to Boston"// || Was this where the colinists used the unconventional fighting tactics that "annoyed" the British

__Summary:__ The Colonists started the american revolution by standing at the Lexington Green and at that point, a shot was fired causing the British to shoot upon them. The colonists fled where later, they assmbled an even larger force than the British army, and ambushed them on their way back from Concord. Many colonists got caught when the remaining Britsh Soldiers persued them.
 * **__I see/I hear__** || **__It means__** ||
 * The drum || the drum calling them to fight ||
 * The order to not shoot || they don't want ot start trouble ||
 * a big field || the place where they'll line up in formation, Lexington Green ||
 * says he needs music and to be in the front(young boy, 16 yrs old) ||  ||
 * Reverand is with them || He is going to give advice and make the men feel relaxed and comfortable ||
 * some sort of song || a religious song ||
 * drums in the distance || the british army is near by ||
 * a man hiding behind rocks || he's probably spying and seeing what's going to happen next ||
 * british soldiers, some on horses, most marching, some playing drums || the British Army has Arrived ||
 * takes a long time for British Army to get fullly on the green || they have a big army ||
 * a shot from behind a rock wall || someone must have shot at either the british or the colonists ||
 * colonists running || they were scared, i would've been scared too ||
 * colonists getting shot || the british shot at them thinking that the colonists had shot first ||
 * British officer saying that he heard the first shot from the colonists || that was their perspective ||
 * man told man on horse to tell them when the British were halfway down the road to concord || this way the colonists can ambush them ||
 * man on horse yellin || warning them of the britsh army coming ||
 * man shoots british guy on horse, horse runs away || the colonists shot him but not the horse ||
 * british soldiers chased them || lots of colonists got caught ||

Homework for 11/17/10 I would only take up arms against my government if i knew for a fact that they were going to kill me and my family. If and only if this was to happen, i would fire upon my government. The way i see it, if I'm going down, i might as well make the people's lives who are taking me down just as miserable by defending myself.

__Summary of pdf of accounts of batles of Lexington and Concord__ The British had information that the colonists had a lot of guns and ammo. Thomas Gage told Lt. Smith only about the ammo and guns. Their job was to find all the guns and ammo and destroy it. When the British marched to Lexington, they had gained false information about the number of colonists and when they arrived at the Lexington Green, a battle broke out in which the British fired upon the colonists after hearing a pistol shot, thinking that it was the colonists shooting at them. Only some colonists were killed/wounded. Both sides believed that the other had fired the first shot. When the British arrived in Concord on the north side bridge, they fired upon the colonists which was the first battle in Concord. After the British had destroyed the guns and ammo, they had to return to Boston. On this 22 mile road, the colonists lined up in a very unconventional way. They hid behind rocks and trees and fired at the British. On that 22 mile road the colonists numbers reached almost 11,000 to the British 8,500.

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