Social Studies

On the homework assignment for Social Studies ( the reading ) I learned that the Congress sometimes got angry at the delegates, but in the end they were very happy when their plan succeeded. This was when the delegates wrote a new national government, and the Congress didn’t like it, but they ended up using  plan.

I also learned that the state ratification wasn’t simple, as it might seem. Turns out the information about it had to be posted in newspapers, pamphlets, and public meetings to debate whether the Constitution should approve.

The last thing that I learned was that the Federalists thought that having a bill of rights would be a problem, bit James Madison agreed that a bill of rights should be made. In the end Federalists agreed to have a bill of rights.

I believe that one of the reasons that they felt at aloss with how to identify themselves is because the loyalists that were in the colonies at the time when the war was won, didn’t know if they should feel as a patriot or a loyalist because they disagreed with being called a nation. Another reason might be because the loyalists didn’t know if they should become patriots, or stay as loyalists even though they might be treated differently or given what we call; the cold shoulder or treated in a unfriendly manner.  The loyalists also might feel un-indentified because the war was won by the patriots and the colonists, they might feel ashamed to be a loyalist and want to be a patriot even though they believe that what the British were doing was OK. I conclude that any one of the sides (patriots or loyalist) might feel un-identified and feel a since of injustice. There are many  other reasons why someone might be in a Identity Crisis.

I believe that the Treaty of Paris was one of the most important parts of the American Revolution. I believe this because it was when we decided to end the Revolutionary War and become our own country. This was a time of rejoice for the colonists and the soldiers that were still alive. The Treaty of Paris stated that we are our own country and that the British would no longer take control over us. The Traety of Paris was also very important because in finalized everything that the colonies were waiting for: FREEDOM!

The Diary entry of Albigence Waldo talked about how he was getting sick, he was misserable, cold, not getting enough sleep, bad food, not enough food etc. It also talked about how he misses his wife, children, good beds, good cookery etc. This letter tells us many things. One of those things is that many of the soldiers got very sick and that many of them probably did and could’ve died from lack of starvation. Many of the soldiers were very cold and could not get enough warmth. It also tells us that this soldier was very brave, he stated that he would “go with the flow”. Even if some of it is life theatinning. Albigence Waldo was a very brave and strong man. I conclude that camping at Valley Forge was very misserable and most of the soldiers got sick. This was a very harsh time for the American’s.

Hey everybody! I wanted to tell you all about the Boston Massacre and the Quartering Act. I would like to write about these topics because, they are the answer’s to this question!

The Boston Massacre has been one of the harshest acts because some of the colonists were killed! This happened when the British Soldier’s accidently fired one of the guns that they had for harming the colonists. From the British point of view, they say that on of the Soldier’s heard one of the colonists yelled “FIRE!”. The men shot their guns and ended up starting a massacre. In the end, 5 colonist’s were killed, and many of them were severely injured.

The Quartering Act was very harsh because many of the colonists got very mad at  the British and started to boycott. This was caused when England decided to make the colonist’s “babysit” certain soldiers. The soldier’s were sent to homes, and the colonist’s had to feed them, give them their own room, and care for them. This was very hard for the families with multiple children because it was already probably very hard to feed them. So, this act probably made some of the families go poor, for lack of food and not being able to pay the taxes dot to all the money they HAD to spend on the British Soldiers.

These acts were very hard for the colonists.

The Declaration of Independence was and is very important to all American’s and the colonists. It was very important to the colonists.

It was important and is important because it declared the USA it’s own country. it declared that the British no longer had the power to enforce rules of the colonists. The colonists had traveled to America because they wanted to be free, not controlled by the King and Parliament. Being declared independent was a very big step from being controlled helpless people, to being free and independent Americans!

This is and has been a very big deal ever since it had been published and adopted. The colonists being free means that we are free!