New York was a colony that was undecided on choosing whether to cheer on the Rebels or the British. During this time period everybody would encourage one side one day and then the other the next and try to fight, in the end they all fought which lead to more bloodshed. In the text on page 46 it states, “You don't like the Rebels?” I asked… “Listen to me good. Them that feed us” - she pointed upstairs “they’re Loyalist, Tories. That means that we’re Tories too understand.” This text means that who you believed in, whether it be the Loyalist or the Rebels people liked to keep that to themselves and lie to the people who dared to ask them which side they were on. It also shows how a person may momentarily choose one side over the other just because it is convenient with the kind of lifestyle that they person may have.…
In A New England Nun, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman writes vividly about the feelings of her character Louisa Ellis after her breakup with her new ex fiance Joe Dagget. But, the difference between this breakup and the average is the fact that Louisa is now old and seasoned as she has awaited for the averal of her fiance for fourteen years while he was off in Australia, only to have it broken off upon his return.…
Mary Chestnut was a South Carolina Author known for her diary that described a very unique picture of how society really was during the Civil War. Mary’s most famous book that was published was known as the “Civil War diary”. In Mary’s diary, she wrote about the war and everything in it from her very wealthy class. Mary had a lot of money and was very wealthy, but she still realized the war needed to be described as the truth in her diary rather then from a biased point of view. In her diary, she briefly explains how her husband was pro-slavery but she did agree with him in anyway shape or form. She had to be very secretive about her anti-slavery views. Mary’s book had not been officially published until 1905. Many…
McCullough strategically and chronologically delineates each battle of the Revolution beginning with the Battle of Bunker Hill. Throughout each of the battles, McCullough thoroughly explains the colonial struggles and accomplishments as he also displays the British as a nasty group of individuals who were hard-hearted with loyalty to the Crown. However, most of the Loyalists simply feared the British royalty as punishment for treason was overbearingly harsh. Although biased, McCullough carefully displays the American Revolution as brutal for both the British and the colonists. He writes of “the most crucial year” from a cardinal view, concentrating emphasis on American strategy rather than British strategy. He acknowledges the British’s major distress, yet he undermines the importance of the drudgery of the Loyalists, disregarding the punishments that they were forced to endure by the colonists. Some of these castigations include the practice of tarring and feathering and merciless murder.…
In, “The Other Side of Revolution: Loyalists in the British Empire,” Mary Jasanoff discusses the treatment of British sympathizers during and after the American Revolution. Loyalists included many different demographics of people such as slave owners, slaves seeking freedom by joining the British army, and allied tribes of Native Americans. In this article, Jasanoff strives to not only offer more information on what treatement the American loyalists received from the British government during and after the American Revolution, but also reveal the ways they affected the British Empire.…
The plot of each book, “Okay for now” by Gary Schmidt and “Conjured” by Sarah Beth Durst, differ greatly. For example, where each story takes place, what the theme of each story is, what each story is about, what each story involves, and how each story reads. Each of these things play an important part in a book as well as in the plot. Without knowing any of these things, a book would be confusing and would leave the readers guessing, which could make the book boring, in which case no one would want to read it.…
The chapter starts out by describing Bacon’s Rebellion, using it as an example of unrest between social classes in the late 1600’s. While the rebellion isn’t described in great detail, it describes how slaves and servants joined together behind Bacon to fight what they considered a common enemy, the white upper class. After Bacon’s death, the rebellion didn’t last long, and a man named Thomas Grantham used “force and deception to disarm the last rebel forces”. When the rebellion ends, the servants who stood behind Bacon became part of the underclass, a group of poor whites, and many were indentured to go to America. The conditions on the voyage were horrendous, paralleling those on ships transporting slaves. Once they arrived, the servants were treated as slaves; beaten, whipped, and given hardly any rights. The upper class gained all the benefits and dominated the political world in America. This unfair treatment between social classes caused several uprisings, and then the Indians began to show hostility, posing more problems. The new concern was whether the lower class would join forces with the Indians and unite against the upper class white people, which would be a serious threat, just like in Bacon’s Rebellion. By the late 1700’s, this problem was solved by buying the loyalty of the lower classes with liberty and equality.…
On page 239 the book states, “According to Madam, my surname was Lockton, but it tasted foul in my mouth. I shook my head.” Isabel was defiant in who she was, as the Patriots were defiant in who they were. Although Isabel still worked for Mistress Lockton and the Colonists were still under British rule, both refused to associate themselves with their masters.…
How do you respond to conflict, do you use positivity or negativity? When dealing with conflict, more than often, individuals will resort to aggression. However, is that the best way? Events such as the Holocaust and the bombing of Hiroshima all test us on how we react. As shown in books Dear Mrs. Breed, Maus, and The Diary of Anne Frank, positivity is a way to go when dealing with loss/war. Positive thinking is one of the best ways to respond to conflict.…
Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany, to a Jewish family, on June 12, 1929. Her father, Otto Frank, was a businessman. Anne and her older sister Margot grew up surrounded by loving parents and relatives, and received a good education. One day, Nazi police sent a call-up notice for Anne’s father and for her sister, Margot for their transportation to a concentration camp. They flee to their hiding place, the Secret Annex the following day. Another family, the Van Daans with their son Peter, arrive and later, take in another person, Mr. Dussel.…
However, the townspeople of Concord did little to protest these acts, and certainly not in the way Boston displayed their outrage. The people of Concord were more interested in the goings on in their own town, and thought other colonies could handle the dispute (Gross, 1). As was the case in most towns at this time, there was much political conflict present in Concord. The struggle came from a power struggle among the government officials, rather than the townspeople. Also, the town became too large to accommodate its entire population, many families living on the outskirts of town became disgruntled and longed to separate from Concord into another smaller town (Gross, 16). As it grew families settled further away from town buildings, schools, and churches (Gross. 15). Travelling several miles a day was not desirable to anyone. This became a major source of conflict among the townspeople. If granted status, then the town would lose land and the citizens would be responsible for paying a larger portion of the minister’s income (Gross, 16). The church presented another area of conflict, due to problems within the ministry. Not only were men vying for positions in the church, but also for government offices. Dr. Joseph Lee was at the center of this conflict. To obtain an office Lee had to gain the approval of the congregation and church officials. This was a problem for Lee, as he had issues with several members of the church (Gross, 23). The continued problems within the church caused division within the town and affected the way it responded to the Revolution (Gross,…
passed judgment on Hester and her sin is laid bare to the reader's opened eye.…
This essay is about World War II and a group of people who hid behind a bookcase and called their secret home The Secret Annex. A woman named Miep Gies helped keep them safe and hid them the best she could. The families that lived there were the Franks and the Van Daan’s. Also a single man who they called Mr.Dussel. They went into hiding in the year of 1943. The place that the Annex was in, is a city called Amsterdam.…
In the article “This Great and Sore Affliction” Willard Sterne Randall and Nancy Nahra analyze the controversial religious views of Anne Hutchinson as she dwells in England and later settles in the New England colony, specifically in Boston, Massachusetts. The authors explain Anne Hutchinson’s life and inform the reader about the society of Puritan New England.…
One of the main characters of the play The Crucible, Abigail Williams, is the most spiteful and least complex character throughout the entire play. She is the villain of the play, even more than Parris or Danforth. She is on the lower end of the social hierarchy; the only people below her were slaves like Tituba. Abigail Williams possess wicked character traits that give her a negative perception. She is a jezebel figure who lacks feelings, an immoral character who lacks ethics and a manipulative person who lacks a conscience.…