Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Essay #2 Reflection
Essay #2 was, in a sense, easier than essay #1 because I got a better understanding of what Ben and Craig were looking for in our writing. With essay #1 we had four weeks, with essay #2 we had not even two weeks. In a way this was easier because we had less time to overthink what we would write about, I thought it would be easier for me however, it turned out to be a lot harder than I expected. I did well in the start of the second essay but as we got closer, the plans I made, as far as content and structure of my essay, fell through. This caused me to drastically overthink things, I think this caused my essay to be completed poorly and I feel that I could of done a better job, unfortunatley it didn't work out that way. I do think that as far as getting a better understanding of ways that writing can be shared, like making it a character or a letter, showed , reminded me there's even more ways to write. I think that with the second essay, even though it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, it tought me more about the ways to prepare yourself and how your writing can be improved.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Being a Patriot in Georgia during the 1760’s
Jessica Ackerman
11/21/08
Final Draft
>>>The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalists; a very small percentile was patriots. I am a patriot in the state of Georgia and I do not believe the ways of the loyalists, I don’t understand why they want to be ruled by Britain instead of having the freedom and liberties in America. The British filled the land with poor, who they brought from England, making it harder for us to establish on lands.
>>> In the 1730’s, James Olgethorpe sent those who were poor, in England, to the Americas to inhabit land and make it prosper. Those who settled in Georgia were sent to inhabit land for a certain amount of time, “…that they from and after the Expiration of the said last mentioned Twelve Months, will, during the Two next succeeding Years, abide, settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and Cultivate the Lands which shall be to them and their Heirs Male severally allotted and given, by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skills they shall be best Able and Capable”(colonial settlements), was said by the British government as they inhabitants expectations. I don’t see why those people would want to live under British rule, and not be able to establish themselves on their own land and live with freedom. Then they put requirements on the land because of all the poor that were being sent, so they would all have enough land to prosper, little did Britain know, this would be a bad decision.
>>>I was given size amounts of land that I had to make prosper. We had to keep this land well taken care of, even though the British gave us unsuitable land. Some said it was “[i]n their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left [us] both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage” (Jackson 282). Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning; it made it difficult for us to prosper the land, without hardy soil.
>>> Living in the state of Georgia, being a patriot, is a hard thing to be. Almost the entire state is of loyalist people whom support the decisions of Great Britain. With these large numbers of loyalists, it gave British ground to take southern colonies. The states of “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…” (Roark et al 241) The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it because Britain wanted all the states in America to be a reflection of how they wanted the states to be.
>>> Georgia was considered the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.” Britain wanted “Georgia…to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain” (Jackson 284). Georgia was Britain’s “example” of the way the Britain’s wanted to run the states, since Georgia was ultimately loyalist. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. My view is that Britain gave us our rights but only could the rights be decided for us by the British, which means that we basically had no rights at all. People must follow these rules because“…when any person insisted upon his just rights and privileges… [they were] punished without mercy” (Jackson 288). We patriots believe that “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors” (Jackson 289). The British were happy if we “were “deprived of the liberties and properties of their birthright”” (Jackson 289).The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to us, was ultimately Britain ’s decision, it wasn’t our free rights. We should be able to make our own rights and have our own freedom, not have it chosen for us. Having the choice to have freedom and to defend our country is the reason I want to be a patriot. Why is it that loyalists would choose to have their freedom chosen for them?
Works Cited
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "Establishing the Georgia Colony." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003.17 Nov2008.
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "The Georgia Trustees: Rules for 1735." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003. 17 Nov 2008.
-Jackson, Harvey H. , and Phinizy Spalding. Fory Years of Diversity. University of Georgia Press, 1984.
-Raork, James L.. The American Promise. Fourth. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins.
11/21/08
Final Draft
>>>The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalists; a very small percentile was patriots. I am a patriot in the state of Georgia and I do not believe the ways of the loyalists, I don’t understand why they want to be ruled by Britain instead of having the freedom and liberties in America. The British filled the land with poor, who they brought from England, making it harder for us to establish on lands.
>>> In the 1730’s, James Olgethorpe sent those who were poor, in England, to the Americas to inhabit land and make it prosper. Those who settled in Georgia were sent to inhabit land for a certain amount of time, “…that they from and after the Expiration of the said last mentioned Twelve Months, will, during the Two next succeeding Years, abide, settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and Cultivate the Lands which shall be to them and their Heirs Male severally allotted and given, by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skills they shall be best Able and Capable”(colonial settlements), was said by the British government as they inhabitants expectations. I don’t see why those people would want to live under British rule, and not be able to establish themselves on their own land and live with freedom. Then they put requirements on the land because of all the poor that were being sent, so they would all have enough land to prosper, little did Britain know, this would be a bad decision.
>>>I was given size amounts of land that I had to make prosper. We had to keep this land well taken care of, even though the British gave us unsuitable land. Some said it was “[i]n their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left [us] both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage” (Jackson 282). Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning; it made it difficult for us to prosper the land, without hardy soil.
>>> Living in the state of Georgia, being a patriot, is a hard thing to be. Almost the entire state is of loyalist people whom support the decisions of Great Britain. With these large numbers of loyalists, it gave British ground to take southern colonies. The states of “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…” (Roark et al 241) The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it because Britain wanted all the states in America to be a reflection of how they wanted the states to be.
>>> Georgia was considered the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.” Britain wanted “Georgia…to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain” (Jackson 284). Georgia was Britain’s “example” of the way the Britain’s wanted to run the states, since Georgia was ultimately loyalist. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. My view is that Britain gave us our rights but only could the rights be decided for us by the British, which means that we basically had no rights at all. People must follow these rules because“…when any person insisted upon his just rights and privileges… [they were] punished without mercy” (Jackson 288). We patriots believe that “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors” (Jackson 289). The British were happy if we “were “deprived of the liberties and properties of their birthright”” (Jackson 289).The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to us, was ultimately Britain ’s decision, it wasn’t our free rights. We should be able to make our own rights and have our own freedom, not have it chosen for us. Having the choice to have freedom and to defend our country is the reason I want to be a patriot. Why is it that loyalists would choose to have their freedom chosen for them?
Works Cited
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "Establishing the Georgia Colony." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003.17 Nov2008
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "The Georgia Trustees: Rules for 1735." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003. 17 Nov 2008
-Jackson, Harvey H. , and Phinizy Spalding. Fory Years of Diversity. University of Georgia Press, 1984.
-Raork, James L.. The American Promise. Fourth. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martins.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Rough Draft Essay #2 (some revisions)
>>>The establishment of Georgia in 1730’s, was founded by England’s James Olgethorpe. The poor in England were sent to the Americas to inhabit land and make it prosper. The people who settled in Georgia were sent to inhabit land for a certain amount of time, “…that they from and after the Expiration of the said last mentioned Twelve Months, will, during the Two next succeeding Years, abide, settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and Cultivate the Lands which shall be to them and their Heirs Male severally allotted and given, by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skills they shall be best Able and Capable”(colonial settlements), was said by the British government as they inhabitants expectations. We were expected to make the land that we were given develop for the time that England wanted us to.
>>>I was given size amounts of land that I had to make prosper. “Those in the Towns will have each of them a Lot Sixty Feet in Front and Ninety Feet in Depth, whereon they are to Build an House, and as much Land in the Country as in the whole will make up Fifty Acres. Those in the Villages will each of them have a Lot of Fifty Acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to Build their Houses upon it”(colonial settlements) We had to keep this land well taken care of. “In their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left [us] both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage” (Jackson pg. 282). Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning; it made it hard for us to prosper the land, with hardly any good soil. “Georgia during its first decade remained, what we called it, a poor, “miserable colony.” The Trustees made rules that no rum or slaves where to be used in the state of Georgia, so we did all work in the fields ourselves. The Trustees stated that “Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony…”These are the rules from the Loyalist Trustees in Georgia.
>>> Living in the state of Georgia, being a patriot, is a hard thing to be. Almost the entire state is of loyalist people whom support the decisions of Great Britain. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist with a very small percentile patriot but probably only about 5 percent. With these large numbers of loyalists, it gave British ground to take southern colonies. The states of “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…” (Text book pg. 241) The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>Georgia was considered the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.” Britain wanted “Georgia…to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain…” (Pg.284 Jackson) Georgia was Britain’s “example” of the way the Britain’s wanted to run the states, since Georgia was ultimately loyalist. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. My view is that Britain gave us our rights but only could the rights be decided for us by the British, which means that they basically had no rights at all. People must follow these rules because“…when any person insisted upon his just rights and privileges… [they were] punished without mercy.” (Jackson pg. 288) We patriots believe that “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors” (Jackson pg. 289). The British were happy if we “were “deprived of the liberties and properties of their birthright”” (Jackson pg. 289).The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to us, was ultimately Britain’s decision, it wasn’t our free rights. We should be able to make our own rights and have our own freedom, not have it chosen for us. To be a patriot is to “love, support and defend one’s country” (dictionary?). Why is it that loyalists would choose to have your freedom chosen for you?
>>>I was given size amounts of land that I had to make prosper. “Those in the Towns will have each of them a Lot Sixty Feet in Front and Ninety Feet in Depth, whereon they are to Build an House, and as much Land in the Country as in the whole will make up Fifty Acres. Those in the Villages will each of them have a Lot of Fifty Acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to Build their Houses upon it”(colonial settlements) We had to keep this land well taken care of. “In their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left [us] both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage” (Jackson pg. 282). Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning; it made it hard for us to prosper the land, with hardly any good soil. “Georgia during its first decade remained, what we called it, a poor, “miserable colony.” The Trustees made rules that no rum or slaves where to be used in the state of Georgia, so we did all work in the fields ourselves. The Trustees stated that “Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony…”These are the rules from the Loyalist Trustees in Georgia.
>>> Living in the state of Georgia, being a patriot, is a hard thing to be. Almost the entire state is of loyalist people whom support the decisions of Great Britain. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist with a very small percentile patriot but probably only about 5 percent. With these large numbers of loyalists, it gave British ground to take southern colonies. The states of “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…” (Text book pg. 241) The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>Georgia was considered the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.” Britain wanted “Georgia…to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain…” (Pg.284 Jackson) Georgia was Britain’s “example” of the way the Britain’s wanted to run the states, since Georgia was ultimately loyalist. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. My view is that Britain gave us our rights but only could the rights be decided for us by the British, which means that they basically had no rights at all. People must follow these rules because“…when any person insisted upon his just rights and privileges… [they were] punished without mercy.” (Jackson pg. 288) We patriots believe that “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors” (Jackson pg. 289). The British were happy if we “were “deprived of the liberties and properties of their birthright”” (Jackson pg. 289).The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to us, was ultimately Britain’s decision, it wasn’t our free rights. We should be able to make our own rights and have our own freedom, not have it chosen for us. To be a patriot is to “love, support and defend one’s country” (dictionary?). Why is it that loyalists would choose to have your freedom chosen for you?
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Rough Draft Essay #2
>>>The establishment of Georgia in 1730’s, was founded by England’s James Olgethorpe. The poor in England were sent to the Americas to inhabit land and make it prosper. The people who settled in Georgia were sent to inhabit land for a certain amount of time. “And that they from and after the Expiration of the said last mentioned Twelve Months, will, during the Two next succeeding Years, abide, settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and Cultivate the Lands which shall be to them and their Heirs Male severally allotted and given, by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skills they shall be best Able and Capable,” was said by the British government as they inhabitants expectations. We were expected to make the land that they were given grow for the time that England wanted them to.
>>>I was given size amounts of land that I had to make prosper. “Those in the Towns will have each of them a Lot Sixty Feet in Front and Ninety Feet in Depth, whereon they are to Build an House, and as much Land in the Country as in the whole will make up Fifty Acres. Those in the Villages will each of them have a Lot of Fifty Acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to Build their Houses upon it.” We had to keep this land well taken care of. “In their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left [us] both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage.” Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning; it made it hard for us to prosper the land, with hardly any good soil. “Georgia during its first decade remained, what we called it, a poor, “miserable colony.” The Trustees made rules that no rum or slaves where to be used in the state of Georgia, so we did all work in the fields ourselves. The Trustees stated that “Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony…”These are the rules from the Loyalist Trustees in Georgia.
>>> Living in the state of Georgia, being a patriot, is a hard thing to be. Almost the entire state is of loyalist people whom support the decisions of Great Britain. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist with a very small percentile patriot but probably only about 5 percent. With these large numbers of loyalists, it gave British ground to take southern colonies. The states of “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…” (Text book pg. 241) The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>Georgia was considered the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.” Britain wanted “Georgia…to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain…” (Pg.284 Jackson) Georgia was Britain’s “example” of the way the Britain’s wanted to run the states. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. My view is that Britain gave us their rights but only could the rights be decided for them by the British, which means that they basically had no rights at all. People must follow these rules because“…when any person insisted upon his just rights and privileges… [they were] punished without mercy.” (Jackson pg. 288) We patriots believe that “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors” (Jackson pg. 289). The British were happy if we “were “deprived of the liberties and properties of their birthright”” (Jackson pg. 289).The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to us, was ultimately Britain’s decision, it wasn’t our free rights. We should be able to make our own rights and have our own freedom, not have it chosen for us.
>>>I was given size amounts of land that I had to make prosper. “Those in the Towns will have each of them a Lot Sixty Feet in Front and Ninety Feet in Depth, whereon they are to Build an House, and as much Land in the Country as in the whole will make up Fifty Acres. Those in the Villages will each of them have a Lot of Fifty Acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to Build their Houses upon it.” We had to keep this land well taken care of. “In their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left [us] both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage.” Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning; it made it hard for us to prosper the land, with hardly any good soil. “Georgia during its first decade remained, what we called it, a poor, “miserable colony.” The Trustees made rules that no rum or slaves where to be used in the state of Georgia, so we did all work in the fields ourselves. The Trustees stated that “Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony…”These are the rules from the Loyalist Trustees in Georgia.
>>> Living in the state of Georgia, being a patriot, is a hard thing to be. Almost the entire state is of loyalist people whom support the decisions of Great Britain. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist with a very small percentile patriot but probably only about 5 percent. With these large numbers of loyalists, it gave British ground to take southern colonies. The states of “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…” (Text book pg. 241) The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>Georgia was considered the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.” Britain wanted “Georgia…to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain…” (Pg.284 Jackson) Georgia was Britain’s “example” of the way the Britain’s wanted to run the states. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. My view is that Britain gave us their rights but only could the rights be decided for them by the British, which means that they basically had no rights at all. People must follow these rules because“…when any person insisted upon his just rights and privileges… [they were] punished without mercy.” (Jackson pg. 288) We patriots believe that “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors” (Jackson pg. 289). The British were happy if we “were “deprived of the liberties and properties of their birthright”” (Jackson pg. 289).The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to us, was ultimately Britain’s decision, it wasn’t our free rights. We should be able to make our own rights and have our own freedom, not have it chosen for us.
Outline for essay #2 redo
1. The establishment of Georgia in 1730’s, was founded by England’s James Olgethorpe.
>>>A. People whom were poor in England were sent to the Americas to inhabit land and make it prosper.
>>>>>>i. “And that they from and after the Expiration of the said last mentioned Twelve Months, will, during the Two next succeeding Years, abide, settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and Cultivate the Lands which shall be to them and their Heirs Male severally allotted and given, by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skills they shall be best Able and Capable.”
>>>>>>>>>a. These settlers were expected to make the land that they were given grow for the time that England wanted them to.
>>>B. The settlers were given size amounts of land that they had to prosper.
>>>>>>i. “Those in the Towns will have each of them a Lot Sixty Feet in Front and Ninety Feet in Depth, whereon they are to Build an House, and as much Land in the Country as in the whole will make up Fifty Acres. Those in the Villages will each of them have a Lot of Fifty Acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to Build their Houses upon it.”
>>>>>>>>>a. The settlers had to keep this land well taken care of, it was almost like now days having a home owners association.
>>>>>>ii. “ In their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left many people both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage.”
>>>>>>>>>b. Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning. “Georgia during its first decade remained a poor, “miserable colony.”
>>>C. The Trustees made rules that no rum or slaves where to be used in the state of Georgia.
>>>>>>i. “Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony…”
>>>>>>>>>a. These are the rules fot the Loyalist Trustees in Georgia.
2. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist.
>>>A. With large numbers of loyalists it gave British ground to take southern colonies.
>>>>>>i. “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…”(text book pg. 241)
>>>>>>>>>a. The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>B. Georgia was the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.”
>>>>>>i. “Georgia was to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain…” (pg.284 Jackson)
>>>>>>>>>a. Georgia was Britians “example.”
3. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. (Patriot opinion)
>>>A. Britian gave the settlers their rights but only could the rights be decided for them by the British, which means that they basically had no rights at all.
>>>>>>i. “…when any person insited upon his just rights and privileges…was punished without mercy.” (Jackson pg. 288)
>>>>>>>>ii. “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors.” (Jackson pg. 289)
>>>>>>>>>>iii. ““ …made a colony of British subjects happy if they” were “deprived of the liberities and properties of their birthright.” (Jackson pg. 289)
>>>>>>>>>a. The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to the settlers, was ultimately Britain’s decision, it wasn’t free.
>>>Citations
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "Establishing the Georgia Colony." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003. 17 Nov 2008.
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "The Georgia Trustees: Rules for 1735." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003. 17 Nov 2008.
-Jackson, Harvey H. , and Phinizy Spalding. Fory Years of Diversity. University of Georgia Press, 1984.
>>>A. People whom were poor in England were sent to the Americas to inhabit land and make it prosper.
>>>>>>i. “And that they from and after the Expiration of the said last mentioned Twelve Months, will, during the Two next succeeding Years, abide, settle and inhabit in the said Province of Georgia, and Cultivate the Lands which shall be to them and their Heirs Male severally allotted and given, by all such Ways and Means as according to their several Abilities and Skills they shall be best Able and Capable.”
>>>>>>>>>a. These settlers were expected to make the land that they were given grow for the time that England wanted them to.
>>>B. The settlers were given size amounts of land that they had to prosper.
>>>>>>i. “Those in the Towns will have each of them a Lot Sixty Feet in Front and Ninety Feet in Depth, whereon they are to Build an House, and as much Land in the Country as in the whole will make up Fifty Acres. Those in the Villages will each of them have a Lot of Fifty Acres, which is to lie all together, and they are to Build their Houses upon it.”
>>>>>>>>>a. The settlers had to keep this land well taken care of, it was almost like now days having a home owners association.
>>>>>>ii. “ In their passion for system and regularity, the Trustees had assigned lands without regard to fertility or worth and had thus left many people both with inferior plots and at a serious disadvantage.”
>>>>>>>>>b. Decisions like this made it hard for Georgia in the beginning. “Georgia during its first decade remained a poor, “miserable colony.”
>>>C. The Trustees made rules that no rum or slaves where to be used in the state of Georgia.
>>>>>>i. “Negroes and Rum are Prohibited to be used in the said Colony…”
>>>>>>>>>a. These are the rules fot the Loyalist Trustees in Georgia.
2. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist.
>>>A. With large numbers of loyalists it gave British ground to take southern colonies.
>>>>>>i. “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…”(text book pg. 241)
>>>>>>>>>a. The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>B. Georgia was the state that other states looked upon, like a “city upon a hill.”
>>>>>>i. “Georgia was to be not just a model colony but a model society for Britain…” (pg.284 Jackson)
>>>>>>>>>a. Georgia was Britians “example.”
3. In Georgia, following under British Government was the “rule” and if you didn’t you would be punished. (Patriot opinion)
>>>A. Britian gave the settlers their rights but only could the rights be decided for them by the British, which means that they basically had no rights at all.
>>>>>>i. “…when any person insited upon his just rights and privileges…was punished without mercy.” (Jackson pg. 288)
>>>>>>>>ii. “a colony of vassals, whose properties and liberties were, at all times, to have been disposed of at the discretion or option of their superiors.” (Jackson pg. 289)
>>>>>>>>>>iii. ““ …made a colony of British subjects happy if they” were “deprived of the liberities and properties of their birthright.” (Jackson pg. 289)
>>>>>>>>>a. The so called “freedom” that was given by the British to the settlers, was ultimately Britain’s decision, it wasn’t free.
>>>Citations
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "Establishing the Georgia Colony." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003. 17 Nov 2008
-The Library of Congress, American Memory. "The Georgia Trustees: Rules for 1735." Colonial Settlements. July 24 2003. 17 Nov 2008
-Jackson, Harvey H. , and Phinizy Spalding. Fory Years of Diversity. University of Georgia Press, 1984.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Notes in outline form: Essay #2
1. The southern colonies, such as Georgia and South Carolina, were mostly populated with loyalist.
>>>A. With large numbers of loyalists it gave British ground to take southern colonies.
>>>>>>i. “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…”(text book pg. 241)
>>>>>>>>>a. The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>B. The British turned to military use, to keep Georgia a loyalist state, they turned to Guerilla warfare.
>>>>>>i. “The British in Georgia quickly organized twenty loyal militia units, and 1,400 Georgians swore an oath of allegiance to the king.”(text book pg. 241)
>>>>>>>>>a. The Georgians promised to this oath which made the Guerilla warfare strategy effective.
>>>A. With large numbers of loyalists it gave British ground to take southern colonies.
>>>>>>i. “Georgia and the Carolinas appeared to hold large numbers of loyalists, providing a base for the British to recapture the southern colonies one by one…”(text book pg. 241)
>>>>>>>>>a. The British were trying to take the colonies so that the patriots couldn’t take it.
>>>B. The British turned to military use, to keep Georgia a loyalist state, they turned to Guerilla warfare.
>>>>>>i. “The British in Georgia quickly organized twenty loyal militia units, and 1,400 Georgians swore an oath of allegiance to the king.”(text book pg. 241)
>>>>>>>>>a. The Georgians promised to this oath which made the Guerilla warfare strategy effective.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Text Analysis: Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Jessica Ackerman
11-5-08 Text Analysis
Common Sense
>>>Who is writing?
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in 1776, which is a pamphlet published during the time of the American Revolution.
Who is the audience?
>>>The audience of the Common Sense pamphlet would be all people who read the document. In the first sentence of the pamphlet Paine states that he has “…no other preliminaries to settle with the reader…” This, to me, implies that the readers are the audience.
>>>Who does the writer represent?
The writer represents America because he is fighting for independence in America. Paine argues that America should be dependent and to stop relying on Great- Britain. Paine wrote this pamphlet specifically about the struggle between America and Great-Britain, and about using common sense to be independent.
>>>What is being said or argued?
What Thomas Paine is saying, is that though America has prospered under British rule, Paine thinks that America has changed and shouldn’t be under British law anymore. Paine prefers society over government; society is based on people’s opinions and in government people have no opinion. He also wrote about how people should use common sense to figure out that British governments were, in a way, betraying the Americans. Thomas Paine disliked the British and thought that America should become dependent on themselves.
>>>How is it being said or argued?
It is being said or argued in an informative, strict type of way. It is strict and informative because it is a pamphlet written about problems between American and Great-Britain, and how Thomas Paine thought they should overcome it.
>>>What is the proof and/or justification?
The proof of the pamphlet it the problems and lies from the British government. Also I think that the pamphlet is its own proof because Thomas Paine wrote this about how people should use common sense to make America independent.
11-5-08 Text Analysis
Common Sense
>>>Who is writing?
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in 1776, which is a pamphlet published during the time of the American Revolution.
Who is the audience?
>>>The audience of the Common Sense pamphlet would be all people who read the document. In the first sentence of the pamphlet Paine states that he has “…no other preliminaries to settle with the reader…” This, to me, implies that the readers are the audience.
>>>Who does the writer represent?
The writer represents America because he is fighting for independence in America. Paine argues that America should be dependent and to stop relying on Great- Britain. Paine wrote this pamphlet specifically about the struggle between America and Great-Britain, and about using common sense to be independent.
>>>What is being said or argued?
What Thomas Paine is saying, is that though America has prospered under British rule, Paine thinks that America has changed and shouldn’t be under British law anymore. Paine prefers society over government; society is based on people’s opinions and in government people have no opinion. He also wrote about how people should use common sense to figure out that British governments were, in a way, betraying the Americans. Thomas Paine disliked the British and thought that America should become dependent on themselves.
>>>How is it being said or argued?
It is being said or argued in an informative, strict type of way. It is strict and informative because it is a pamphlet written about problems between American and Great-Britain, and how Thomas Paine thought they should overcome it.
>>>What is the proof and/or justification?
The proof of the pamphlet it the problems and lies from the British government. Also I think that the pamphlet is its own proof because Thomas Paine wrote this about how people should use common sense to make America independent.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Continental Congress and Advisory Counsil
>>>Community meeting are our chance to come together and tlak about announcements, problems, and things going on, on the PSEC campus. With the Advisory Council, they help regulate our campus and meetings, making the final decisions that we dicuss in the community meetings. I think that PSEC can be more effective in its governing process by making the process a voters ballot/ voters both type of set up, I also think that as far as the people who are running that we could have an election similar to the presidential elections were the people who are running would set up campaign trails around the school, and make their ideas spread wider before their speeches in the Community Meeting. I think that this also plays into how we could design it differently, this would be my suggestion, to do the, let’s say “miny campaign trails.”
>>>For me, just suggesting this to the current committee, my method, would be more efficient because that way people could get to know the person running and it would portray a clearer perspective. The possible challenge to the PSEC government, in my opinion, is the lack of connection to students about the people running, prior to the election, because the way I understand it (since I’ve never been to one of our elections before) is that we will be listening to the speeches then immediately voting afterwards, this might not be the case but it is how I’m understanding the process. If this is what is happening, I think that there should be a connection between the voters and the people who are running, maybe a week before we actually do the elections because there could be a lot of people running, which would mean that if it stuck to the way it is now, we all would have to make our decisions right then and there. This would be hard in my perspective because I like to have some time to think about who is running and what there about, before I decide on the people who will be advising the school at which I attend. If this challenge is ignored or engaged it would mean that the advisory elections would continue on the way they have been set up so far, which means there would be no new changes made to improve the Advisory Council elections.
>>>Gerda Lerners view and interpretation of history, in my opinion, doesn’t complicate the process. Lerner states that “ [they] foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.” To me this quote is realizing that depending on what changes you make, if you make any, will determine how your decisions turn out. I think that the suggestions made about the Advisory Council would be the change/ decision of how those suggestions would turn out.
>>>For me, just suggesting this to the current committee, my method, would be more efficient because that way people could get to know the person running and it would portray a clearer perspective. The possible challenge to the PSEC government, in my opinion, is the lack of connection to students about the people running, prior to the election, because the way I understand it (since I’ve never been to one of our elections before) is that we will be listening to the speeches then immediately voting afterwards, this might not be the case but it is how I’m understanding the process. If this is what is happening, I think that there should be a connection between the voters and the people who are running, maybe a week before we actually do the elections because there could be a lot of people running, which would mean that if it stuck to the way it is now, we all would have to make our decisions right then and there. This would be hard in my perspective because I like to have some time to think about who is running and what there about, before I decide on the people who will be advising the school at which I attend. If this challenge is ignored or engaged it would mean that the advisory elections would continue on the way they have been set up so far, which means there would be no new changes made to improve the Advisory Council elections.
>>>Gerda Lerners view and interpretation of history, in my opinion, doesn’t complicate the process. Lerner states that “ [they] foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.” To me this quote is realizing that depending on what changes you make, if you make any, will determine how your decisions turn out. I think that the suggestions made about the Advisory Council would be the change/ decision of how those suggestions would turn out.
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