2. To Sir Edmund Burke: Since you are part of a minority which would prefer violence between the colonists and Native Americans as you do not support the Royal Proclamation of 1763, I must ask why you have this belief.…
Patrick Henry’s argument on declaring independence on Great Britain and going to war was an inspiring speech that has shined a new light on the subject of whether to declare independence or stay loyal to a country that has done us more harm than good and has ultimately led me to become a rebel. I have become a rebel for two main reasons, our petitions that they have not noticed were an attempt at peace and the mistreatment from the last ten years. To start, petitions had not been productive whatsoever. When Britain had done something that had made us miserable, we decided to meet in the middle and make peace with Britain though petitions. Unfortunately Britain had ignored and disregarded us and our petitions, and instead, had sent us harm and…
The ninth important topic is the resettlement of the African American Loyalists. In 1783 after England and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris, Britain was faced with resettling the former slaves who sided with them in the war. They did not want to return them to their former owners nor did they want to keep them fearing they would be more of a liability than an asset. They were sent to Nova Scotia in Canada. This is important because although the Britain no longer wanted the African American’s they did not want to return them…
Shane K. Bernard wrote about the history of the Cajun people to symbolize the changes that occurred in their culture, becoming Americanized, becoming like the Anglo-American establishment that has traditionally dominated the nation 's mainstream culture, through the years. Americanization ranks as one of the most important events in the entire Cajun experience. Although today’s generation of Cajuns are fully Americanized, Bernard shows the long and often mentally brutal journey their ancestors were forced to take. He wrote this book to tell the Cajuns’ history that is often overlooked by other historians. These historians usually regarded the Cajun culture as unworthy of intellectual study and preferred more Americanized cultures to study.…
2. “If France instead of Britain had won the duel for North America, would the 13 colonies ever have become independent of Britain, or would they have been forced to stay within the empire for protection against France? Would Detroit, St. Louis, and New Orleans now be cities in Canada rather than in the United States?”…
People sometimes wonder if America should have stayed with Great Britain. They say it would have gotten good profits, but I am going to explain why the colonist were justified in fighting and breaking away from Great Britain. The French and Indian war happened in 1750. After the war, British were in debt and placed taxes on colonist. The colonist were shocked and angry that they were being taxed. Waging war and breaking away Britain was justified for the colonist. The colonist were justified in fighting and breaking away from Great Britain because British were making unfair taxes, the colonist weren’t represented in parliament, and British were violating the colonist rights.…
April 19 of 1775 would go on to mark history as the day a nation made up of different ideas, cultures, races, and experiences would unionize to become a perfect union under their own control. The events that precede the shots heard around the world near Lexington and Concord would conjure up a sense of rebellion, tension, and irritability. The colonists, whether divided by loyalists, patriots, or neutralist, turn the tide and revolutionize America. Over the course of the twelve years following the Seven Years War the colonist would grow tired of the sentiments of being solely British subjects and at their beck and call. The most prominent reasons that encouraged the colonist to be in favor of separating from the British regime follow: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, the entitlement for self-governance, and overall…
The British have murdered us, burned us, and stolen from us. They have imposed unjust laws on us, closed our harbor, and banned our assemblies. All of these laws put us at a disadvantage and benefit Great Britain. Why should we remain loyal to someone who treats us like this? We should not be governed by the British. The colonies are more than capable of protecting and governing themselves. We must fight for our independence, so we can elect our own leaders and write our own…
In 1763, the French and Indian War ended by the final defeat of the French and their Native American allies in America. When the Americans thought the British were leaving, they did the exact opposite. The British brought in more soldiers and these same American colonists found themselves locked with the British more violent than ever. Britain sent more troops to receive money for their war depts. This was shocking news for the America’s English colonists because there was still the policy of salutary neglect existing. Due to this violent control, Americans felt unfair and as if they had no choice to follow what the British say. To stand up as one voice towards Britain, the American colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. Therefore, the American colonists were reasonable in doing this.…
The Proclamation of 1763 was another act that the British forced on us. The British introduced this Proclamation to forbid the settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains for the colonist. They don't even want us to walk on our own land. Why would we want a government like that? We should have the freedom to go anywhere we want because this is our land. They treat us like we are some kind of caged animals. We deserve better.…
Obeying laws from a government across an ocean from them was another instance of wanting to benefit from being British without having to be British in any aspect they didn't like. I admit that I wouldn't like to be governed by someone that wasn't spending every day living with the laws they were creating, but still, it's not a matter of being able to pick and choose like that. Take the good with the bad or take none of it at all. I think in this specific case the good outweighed the bad when the Americans decided to separate from Britain. They were protected and treated as British citizens in exchange for paying taxes and obeying what seemed to be fairly unobtrusive laws. In their situation, it wasn't really justified to be complaining and declaring independence on the grounds of the argument they…
If I had been a Die-Hard puritan back when Charles I. had reigned, I would’ve fled to America by ship because people shouldn’t be persecuted or punished for their own religion. When Charles had been executed, I probably would’ve been very ecstatic. The former king, Charles I., who had forced me to leave my homeland because of all the harshness shown to my religion which had been there for decades, was killed, so I would feel that he had gotten what he disserved. Oliver Cromwell had leaded the Puritan Revolution, but I don’t think I would’ve headed back to New England. I would’ve stayed in my American home with my family because if one king had decided to attack an entire religion, what to stop another monarch from doing the same thing again.…
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. That is the Oath we take when joining the United States Army.…
“I pledge allegiance to my flag and the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” These are the words…
„I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.“…