American+Revolution

__American POV on American Revolution__ __British POV on American Revolution__

 =__** Benedict Arnold **__= Colonists POV: The colonists thought that Arnold was a traitor and they hated him for it. British POV: Arnold was very helpful to the British. He was giving them information about the Continental Army. I think they did not trust him because maybe they thought he would switch sides again. Perspective- your thoughts and how you view an idea or problem.

=**__Sugar Act__**=

The British were in debt from the French and Indian War and needed money so they decided to tax the colonists on sugar. This act failed because John Hancock smuggled sugar from the dutch.

=**__Stamp Act__** =

What is a stamp? A stamp is like a sticker. You put it on letters.

Direct tax- A tax paid directly to the government. Ex: imcome tax Indirect Tax- A increase in the price of goods Ex: import tax

media type="custom" key="7294445" · As subjects of Great Britain the colonists are entitled to rights. · The colonists can only be taxed if they want to or if a representative tells them to. · Only one elected colonist can represent the colonists in the House of Commons in Great Britain. · The colonists own their own land and it cannot be taken from them. · The colonists have a right to a trial. · The territory of a representative is extended beyond his original territory. · Colonists have to pay taxes on their profits. · The Navigation acts prevented the colonists from trading with other countries besides England. · If the colonists enjoy their rights they could be happy. · The colonists have a right to petition. || A uthor: Who created the source? Parliament P lace: Where and when was it created? October 19, 1765 in Great Britain P rior Knowledge: What do you already know about it? This document is telling the colonists their rights and restrictions. A udience: For whom was this source created? The colonists. R eason: Why was this source produced? To show the colonists that they have rights, but they also have boundaries. T he Main Idea: What point is it conveying? Colonists shouldn’t complain because they have so many rights. S ignificance: Why is this source important? This document shows what it was like to be a colonist back then. It shows that you had rights, but you also have limits just like in today’s society. ||
 * **List of Resolutions that Relate to TAXATION** || **Evidence: Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress** ||
 * · The colonists are subjects of Great Britain and should respect that.
 * **Point of View of the Author** ||
 * As subjects of Britain the colonists have the same rights as any British subject even though they do not live in England. Even though there are some laws the colonists do not like, the colonists have more freedom than limitations. ||
 * **I Hear** ||  **It Means**  ||
 * · **“The Sons of Liberty”**

· **An effigy of Andrew Oliver was hung on an elm tree.**

· **“Liberty Tree”**

· **Meetings were held at the liberty tree.**

· **Liberty trees appeared in other towns.** || · They are a group of protesters.

· An effigy is a model of a person.

· The tree that the effigy of Oliver was hung on.

· Even low class people and women were allowed at the meetings.

· The idea of protesting spread. ||
 * **Summary** ||
 * A group of protesters called the Sons of Liberty hung an effigy of Andrew Oliver on an elm tree, which later became known as the Liberty tree. Soon people held meetings there and other towns started doing this too. ||

Kristen Leonard October 26, 2010 US history 1 Period 5 POV paper

The Sons of Liberty were not justified in using the mob as a political tactic. On August 14, 1765 the Sons of Liberty, which was a group of protesters, hung an effigy of a stamp distributor named Andrew Oliver on an elm tree. Even though they were not harming anyone by hanging an effigy and not the real person it was still disrespectful and was also intimidating tax collectors. It’s not the people who have jobs that are related to the stamp tax’s fault that the colonists were being taxed. They didn’t make the tax so why should they be intimidated to quit the job that’s helping them make a living? It’s like hanging an effigy of a teacher just because you don’t like <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">school or because she or he gave you a bad grade. They are just trying <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">to make a living and just because you have a different opinion and are <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">mad doesn’t mean you should take it out on others. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The Sons of Liberty also vandalized the governor’s home. On August <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">26, 1765 protesters went to Thomas Hutchinson’s house and demolished <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">it. The mob kicked the family out of the house and then they tore down <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">the interior walls, took their wine, and destroyed their furniture. It <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">is not right to destroy someone’s home just because they were the <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">governor of Massachusetts. The governor had nothing to do with the <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">stamp act. He had no power over the taxes, only Parliament did. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">At this time the colonists were still part of Britain and it was <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">their civic duty to pay their taxes. The colonists wanted to be part <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">of Britain for the protection and other benefits, but didn’t want to <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">pay the taxes. You cannot get protection for free. If you want <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">protection you have to pay money and the colonists had to pay money <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">through taxes. The tax on stamps was relatively small and is worth it <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">if you are being protected from other countries. The colonists owed it <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">to the British to pay the tax that was going to pay off the debt of <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">the Seven Years War. The colonists started the war and the British <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">saved the colonists from being killed by the French. I don’t think the <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">colonists would have survived if Britain hadn’t saved them. The <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">colonists were not being good British citizens and shouldn’t have <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">formed violent mobs and protested against the taxes. Instead they <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">should’ve just payed them.

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=**__Townshend Act__**= The purpose of the townshend act was to raise money in the colonies to pay the salaries of judges and governors. British soldiers were now sent to Boston to enforce the Act and now the soldiers were taking Bostonians' jobs. The townshend act eventually led to the Boston Massacre of 1770.

=**__Boston Massacre﻿e__**= In image 1 the British seem like the bad guys because they are shooting at the colonists. In image 2 the colonists seem like the bad guy because they are throwing stuff and hitting the British soldiers.

I think they found the British soldiers guilty because the colonists hated the British and since the jury and the judge were all colonists the British soldiers chance for being convicted innocent were slim to none.

It was surprising, but the British soldiers were found innocent. I agree with this because it wasn't completely the British soldiers' fault that five colonists were shot dead and others were wounded. The mob was daring the British to shoot at them. A musket went off and the British soldiers thought that was a signal to fire at them so they did. It was just a complete misunderstanding. It was the mobs' fault anyway.

I think the British government was both happy and mad about the Boston Massacre. They were happy because the British soldiers showed the colonists that mobs cause problems and can cause death. They were mad because now the British soldiers were being put on trial and if they were guilty they would be put in jail and England would lose soldiers. In the end the British government was happy because the soldiers were found innocent.

__Do Now__ Can violence ever be justified? Why or why not?

Senseless violence can't be justified because it's for no reason. If you use violence out of self defense then it can be justified.

__Key terms__

abolish - to legally end something.

boycott - to refuse to buy goods or use a service.

smuggle - to illegally bring goods into a country.

Direct tax - A tax paid directly to the government.

Indirect Tax - A increase in the price of goods.

effigy - a model of a person that is harmed.

mob - a large group of people that are violent and intend to cause a lot of damage.

massacre - a random and brutal killing of people.

Sons of Liberty - a group of protesters that used violence as a protesting method.

Daughters of Liberty - a group of women who protested using non violence such as boycotting and making their own goods.


 * **Questions/Comments/**
 * Inferences/Connections/**
 * Predictions/Other Thoughts:** || **Topic: The First** ** Continental Congress ** ||
 * · ** How did the colonists call this meeting without the British soldiers catching them? **

· ** Why didn’t Georgia go to the meeting? **

· ** Boycotting is a popular form of protesting it is also the most effective in my opinion. **

· ** What would the punishment have been if the British caught the colonists training citizens for war. **

· ** How many continental congress meetings were there? ** ||  ||  · A meeting held as a result of the Coercive Acts.

· Met in Philadelphia, PA from Sep. 5. to Oct. 26, 1774.

· Representatives from all colonies went except for Georgia.

· They voted to boycott trade with Britain until Parliament abolished the Coercive Acts.

· They also voted to start training citizens for war.

· Patrick Henry addressed a “Plan of Union”. This plan said that the colonies should have a legislative body.

· Accomplishments: Colonists boycotted British goods and had a second continental congress meeting. ||
 * **Main Idea/Summary:** ||||||  ||
 * ** The First Continental Congress meeting was held as a result of the Coercive Acts. The meeting was held in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774 and all representatives from each colony (except for Georgia) attended. They came up with a plan which was to boycott British goods, start to train an army, and to start a legislative body. A Second Continental Congress meeting was held afterwards. ** ||

Arms and ammunition ﻿ - weapons Minutemen - citizen soldiers ready for battle "in a minute"

Militia - everyday people trained for military service British Regular - foot soldiers of the British Army "Red Coats" Alarm Riders - warned minutemen of "attacks" Paul Revere -a silversmith, patriot, and most famous alarm rider Joseph Warren ﻿-a doctor and a patriot. only leader in Boston not wanted.

[|Battle of Lexington and Concord]


 * **Questions/Comments/**
 * Inferences/Connections/**
 * Predictions/Other Thoughts:** || **Topic: Battles of Lexington and Concord** ||
 * · **Why didn’t General Thomas Gage go with Colonel Francis Smith and Marine Major John Pitcairn to the Battles of Lexington and Concord if he was ordered to destroy the colonial military stores?**

· **How did the “shot heard around the world get its name?**

· **This event reminds me of the Boston Massacre because an accidental shot caused a whole battle.**

· **I bet if you asked every soldier what had happened that day you would get so many different answers because everyone has a different point of view on things.**

· **Even though the British army had more soldiers wounded and killed I still think the colonists were more effected by this because the British army is huge and they can afford a lot of soldiers injured, but the colonists didn’t have a huge army and couldn’t afford injuries.** ||  ||  · General Thomas Gage-. He was ordered to destroy the colonists military stores · Colonel Francis Smith was injured so Marine Major John Pitcairn was now in command. · Pitcairn arrived at Lexington Green at dawn and ordered the towns of Acton, Lexington, Lincoln, Arlington, Bedford, and Concord to be disarmed. · Smith and Pitcairn marines destroyed all military equipment in the center of the city of Concord. · The armies started shooting at each other because of a random shot. · While facing the colonial army some of the British Marines were wounded, but none were killed. · The Militia retreated. 8 Americans were dead and 10 were wounded. · There were different POVs on that event. · At the Battle at the North Bridge in Concord 2 American soldiers were dead and 3 soldiers were dead. The British had set fire to the military supplies and Martha Moulton begged them to put it out. · At Battle Road Pitcairn was shot through the leg and was removed from command. · At the end of the battles 73 British soldiers were killed, 174 were wounded, and 26 were missing. · The colonists had 49 killed, 39 wounded, and 5 imprisoned by the British. || Possible POV's on the Battles of Lexinton and Concord: Colonel Smith- probably was mad that he was injured and wished he was in control. Major Pitcairn- had to protect his men so he made his army shoot at the colonists. a colonist- they were probably scared when they saw that the British were coming. a british marine- they were probably surprised that more British army soldiers were injured and killed than the colonists.
 * **Main Idea/Summary:** |||||| The British Marines were ordered to go destroy the colonists military equipment at Lexington Green and Concord. While going to destroy the supplies at Lexington Green a battle broke out. The colonists fled so the British Marines moved on to Concord. While at Concord they destroyed the military equipment there and once again another battle broke out. By the time all the battles were over 73 British soldiers were killed, 174 were wounded, and 26 were missing. The colonists had 49 killed, 39 wounded, and 5 imprisoned by the British. ||

Do Now 11/17/10: I think that the British Military were at fault because they were the ones who went to Lexington and Concord and destroyed the military supplies. If they didn't go they wouldn't have been a battle.

The colonists were told to shoot at the British army. Their options were just stand there and let the British kill you or try to fight the British army and have a slight chance of survival.


 * __The Movie April Morning__ ||  ||   ||   ||
 * I see || It means ||< I hear || It means ||
 * -Brittish soldiers

-Paul Revere warned everyone in Lexington

-Men going of to fight

-A minister

-British soldiers coming down the path.

-colonists running away and some being killed. || -They are going to get rid of the colonists military supplies.

-The British are coming.

-Anyone who wanted to fight could. They were going to fight the British Army.

-Religion was important to the colonists.

-T here were 700 of them.

-When the British started firing the colonists ran, but some were shot and wounded or killled. || -A meeting

-Drums

-The colonists are singing.

-British Drums in the distance

-a random shot

-Muskets firing || -They are having this meeting to dicuss what to do if the British Army came.

-this signals the minute men

-They were very religious

-that was a really scary sound.

-no one knows who shot this random shot to this day.

- The British thought that this was a sign of attack so they attacked back || Q: After watching the opening scenes of the American Revolution, had you been asked to take up arms against your own government soldiers under what circumstances would you agree to do so? Is it possible you might never do so? Explain why.

A: If I was told to fight with the city of Malden against the U.S army I would definitely say no. I would say no because the U.S army is so big compared to the city of Malden. There would be very little chance of survival. The U.S army is trained to kill while Malden is not. I would only join in on the battle if the U.S army was going to kill us anyway because if you fight back there would be a chance you could survive.

HW 11/18/10 There where some similarities and some differences between the movie and the document. The similarities were the facts. The British and the colonists did have a battle at Lexington and some colonists and some British were killed. In the document it shows different POVs on the battle. The British thought the colonists shot the first shot and the colonists thought that the British shot the first shot.

How do we know if everything we learn in history is true if everyone has a different POV on things? They could have lied our thought something else happend besides what really did.

Do Now: 11/19/10 The colonists stood on the Lexington Green on April 9,1775 to defend their rights and to show that they were brave.



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