They Came In Like A Whipping Ball Analysis
October 3, 2013
Colonial Americans: They Came In Like a Wrecking Ball From the early 1600s and ever since the colonists made their way to what would become the Americas, there was significant pressure put on these people to perform. These men and women were on their way to the new land for a variety of reasons, but many were not of high standing in England and were seeking to reach higher. With so much at stake, the colonists had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. And because the conditions were so unknown and inexplicable, when the pressure was harsh, the colonists used emotion and force to get what they wanted. This raw emotion mobilized violent group action that was used in several different ways during the colonization of America. One of the first real examples of this hasty violence involved the colonists seizing the lands of the Indians. A large portion of the settlers were eager to gain control of the open country because of their lack of status in England, but this land they believed to be free for the taking was already occupied. With their only opportunity to gain power seemingly slipping from their grip, they anxiously did what they had to do to keep it: violently forced them out. This kind of passionate and desperate nature shows that these people were …show more content…
Countryman states that Thomas Jefferson believed "rebellion was like a storm in the atmosphere."3 This kind of attitude helped cultivate the idea that these kinds of groups were positive and helped move them in the direction of resistance once the Crown began their taxation upon the colonies. Josiah Quincy states that American colonists held "impatience of injuries, and a strong resentment of insults."4 These improved mobs were beginning to focus in on the true problem the colonies were facing: the fact that England was using them for its own
Colonial Americans: They Came In Like a Wrecking Ball From the early 1600s and ever since the colonists made their way to what would become the Americas, there was significant pressure put on these people to perform. These men and women were on their way to the new land for a variety of reasons, but many were not of high standing in England and were seeking to reach higher. With so much at stake, the colonists had nothing to lose, and everything to gain. And because the conditions were so unknown and inexplicable, when the pressure was harsh, the colonists used emotion and force to get what they wanted. This raw emotion mobilized violent group action that was used in several different ways during the colonization of America. One of the first real examples of this hasty violence involved the colonists seizing the lands of the Indians. A large portion of the settlers were eager to gain control of the open country because of their lack of status in England, but this land they believed to be free for the taking was already occupied. With their only opportunity to gain power seemingly slipping from their grip, they anxiously did what they had to do to keep it: violently forced them out. This kind of passionate and desperate nature shows that these people were …show more content…
Countryman states that Thomas Jefferson believed "rebellion was like a storm in the atmosphere."3 This kind of attitude helped cultivate the idea that these kinds of groups were positive and helped move them in the direction of resistance once the Crown began their taxation upon the colonies. Josiah Quincy states that American colonists held "impatience of injuries, and a strong resentment of insults."4 These improved mobs were beginning to focus in on the true problem the colonies were facing: the fact that England was using them for its own