Please answer one of the following questions. Please remember the rubric when answering. Organization with topic sentence, thoroughly answer the question, grammar and on time. You have until next Saturday, December 4th at Midnight.
1- What was the British argument for restricting the westward movement? Consider the frontier line in relation to the Proclamation Line and then assess the strengths and weaknesses of the British position.
2- From the outset, Massachusetts was a leader of the anti-British protest studied in this chapter. Why?
3- How did Americans justify their revolution? Discuss the sources and development of the philosophy of revolt.
Massachusetts does seem to be the first one to really ‘revolt’ against the British. I think this is because the Boston Massacre happened to Massachusetts, and everything followed after that. First of all, the Boston Massacre was an event that helped unify the colonists. On March 5, 1770, some soldiers and colonists got into an argument. It ended with the soldiers firing into the crowd, killing five colonists. Of course, men like Samuel Adams chalked it up to help the colonists unite against England. After the ‘massacre,’ England passed the Tea Act, an act that made it so that Britain’s East India Company could sell their tea to the colonists without taxes. This angered colonial merchants, and their patience snapped. In December of 1773, one hundred and fifty men dressed up as Indians and snuck into Boston Harbor, which, was in Massachusetts. They dumped boxes of tea from the East India Company’s ships into the water. In response to this, the British closed Boston Harbor (which was in Massachusetts,) reduced the powers of self-government in Massachusetts, and other things involving the other colonies as well. As you can see, most of the action was in Massachusetts. Maybe, if the Boston Massacre hadn’t happened in Boston, Massachusetts, the rest of the revolts wouldn’t be in Massachusetts, either.
ReplyDeleteSydnee Davis
4th period
Question 3:
ReplyDeleteSome of the sources of the came religious or political experiences. Some people even thought that Britian was a tyrant. So they started to form the idea of breaking away from Britian. They thought England had tomuch power over them.
Spenser Potter
4th Period
Question 1
ReplyDeleteWhy did the British restrict the westward movement? Well after the French and Indian War the Treaty of Paris 1763 was signed that ended the war and gave British some of the French’s land. It gave them some of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. The French lost all their land except for Hattie. When the British went west of the Appalachian Mountains they remembered that all of the Indian territories were over there. The Indians did not want the British over on that land so as a result the British were getting killed by them. The British people weren’t too happy about that so they went and talked to their king. What the king decided to do was to make a law that no one could go west of the Appalachians and that law was called the Proclamation Line of 1763. The British reactions weren’t very pleased. They thought they should get the land since they fought the war and won the land, but the king refused to go into war with the Indians so no one went over there. That is why they declined the westward movement. So what would you do if you fought a war, but didn’t get to go on the land you won?
Velisity Oliver
Period 4th
The 1760’s aroused many challenges in the colonies and produced Americans to speak out with their grievances causing a revolt. What justified this? Only one idea could put colonists into frenzy and it was politics.
ReplyDeleteMany ideas supported the revolution. Some we were drawn from our religious views (chiefly Puritans) and others being how our government was run. Scottish people felt as if the idea of English rule was harsh and oppressive while folks from the country just wanted a way to be part of the power. Although we all wanted different ways of government, we both knew that humans in general were greedy, self- centered, and not always looking out for the people, but for way to have more control on us. Government was essential to our country and always had been to others around the world. People agreed the best was to govern each other was by the three branches: The monarchy, the aristocracy, and the regular people. We all agreed this was the best so far, but even this was soon corrupt and was with no worth.
Knowing England’s government and rule was fraudulent, they decided on taking the main focus of their government, and changing it around for the ideal need of our country. It was then written on a piece of paper to permanently give those powers to our government.
Our ideas went on to add to the system of our country. This included “No Taxation without Representation” (as they put it) and the suggestion of having representatives both “Virtual” and “Actual”. Here we see that our revolt was to get our leaders attention. Without that awareness, we couldn’t and wouldn’t have gotten our thoughts and best interests into our country’s focus.
--Lyndee Labrum
4th Period
Massachusetts was a leader in the anti-British protest, because it was a big target in the eyes of the British. The Sons of Liberty, a group of dockworkers, or so the book says, were also a big reason that Massachusetts was leader. The sons of liberty did things such as; The Boston Tea Party, they made a lot of noise over the Boston massacre, and many other things to stop the British taxes. When the news of all the revolts from Boston got to the ears of all the other colonies, many of the other colonies began to boycott, revolt and many other things.
ReplyDeleteHollee Talbot
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteAfter the French and Indian War, English colonists began to move into tribal lands over the Appalachian Mountains, in the Ohio Valley. They started forming an alliance which the French didn't like because they were afraid that fighting might hurt their trade with the west. Because of this, the British government created the Proclamation of 1763. This told all settlers that they were forbidden from settling in land anywhere west of the Appalachian Mountains. Therefore, the British were very against the move west. There weren't many great strengths for their position, however there were a few. Keeping settlers away from the west would help avoid tensions with the Indians. This way, the trade wouldn't be affected. It would also avoid war. There were very many weaknesses though. Creating this Proclamation Line might make some of the colonists upset and cause fights. Also, the colonists ignored the governments requests and moved west anyway. In 1768, the border was pushed further west, creating more problems for the British government. The British may have been against the movement west, but that may not have been the best decision for them.
Question 3:
ReplyDeleteThe events that took place in the late 1700’s, for instance, the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and the Boston Massacre, all helped the Americans to revolt. Americans started giving thought to how government should be run. Britain had an English Constitution, which was supposed to distribute the power equally to the monarchy, aristocracy and common people. However, soon, everyone started to realize that the constitution was wavering and the King had become too powerful. Since, the English Constitution was not a fixed set of rules, people (the British) were willing to accept changes with it. Americans, however, didn’t like it. They believed in fixed laws and principles, which helped fuel their revolution.
One of the Americans’ beliefs, which encouraged their revolt, was that they should not be taxed without their consent. This reason came to be from the many, many taxes placed upon them by the King. Examples of the taxes include the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and many more. These acts were what first stirred the Americans to feelings of spite against Britain.
The next American argument was also about representation. In England, they used “virtual” representation in Parliament. This meant that the boroughs of England and even the colonies far, far away from England had representation in Parliament, even if they didn’t elect their own representatives. Americans wanted “actual” representation, which would mean they would elect their own representatives. Since Americans didn’t have an actual representative in Parliament, they believed they weren’t represented there.
The last American argument, which made up their philosophy of revolt, was that they thought the King had overstepped his bounds on authority. They thought he could run his Empire, but, where the colonies were concerned, a provincial government should govern them. Since, the King was across the Ocean from them it made sense. He couldn’t govern them effectively from that far away. These things made up their philosophy of revolt.
Question 2
ReplyDeleteThe reason that Massachusetts was the leader of the anti-British protest was because the taxes directly influencing the trade. The New England colonies couldn't have other trade, the geography didn't allow it. Those taxes affected the merchants in Boston, so the Bostonians protested. The protests lead to more laws and that lead to more revolt. After that the only resolution was war.
I think that one of the big reasons that Massachusetts was the place where all of the protesting happened was because the Sons of Liberty was mostly made up of people from Massachusetts. The Sons of Liberty protested against Britain more than any other organization did.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Massachusetts was where a lot of the fights between the British and the Colonists happened. For example, the Boston Massacre and the big Boston Tea Party both happened in Massachusetts.
Another thing that probably helped Massachusetts be the biggest protesting colony in the Revolutionary War was that Massachusetts was the biggest New England colony. This wasn't the biggest reason but it was probably a contributing factor. Also, since it was so big, it probably had a big population.
Josh Gladwell
4th Period
Question 2
The British’s argument for restricting the west ward movement was that every time the colonists tried to set up something past the Appalachian Mountains, the Native Americans would attack them. The king and Parliament didn’t want to spend money to send troops over to defend the colonists.
ReplyDeleteThe frontier line was almost even with the proclamation line. The British had a good position because it was right on the coast, so their ships could get to them easily. They also had a good position because it was mostly in a warm climate with good soil to grow crops. The British chose a bad position because they had Native Americans behind them who didn’t like them very much, so they had to defend themselves, but that was unavoidable.
Jared Read 4th period
The British argument for restricting the westward movement was the fear of escalation of fighting that might threaten the western trade. Many Indian tribes supported the Proclamation of 1763. The Cherokee worked hard to make the bounty fast to prevent white movement into their lands.
ReplyDeleteThe Proclamation line ended up failing because white people continued to flood into the Ohio valley. In 1768 the British authorities pushed the boundary line further west. The colonists wanted to move further west for more and better farming land. The British had good position on the coast. It allowed them to export products back to Britain to make the country a profit.
Preston Olschewski 4th period
The British argument for restricting the westward movement was the fear of escalation of fighting that might threaten the western trade. Many Indian tribes supported the Proclamation of 1763. The Cherokee worked hard to make the bounty fast to prevent white movement into their lands.
ReplyDeleteThe Proclamation line ended up failing because white people continued to flood into the Ohio valley. In 1768 the British authorities pushed the boundary line further west. The colonists wanted to move further west for more and better farming land. The British had good position on the coast. It allowed them to export products back to Britain to make the country a profit.
Preston Olschewski 4th period
Question 2: Massachusettes was a leader in the uprising for many reasons. Most of the important events leading to the Revolution happened in Massachusettes or influenced Massachusettes the most. The Boston Massacre, in which the Brittish and colonists got into a little scuffle and the Brittish fired and killed 5 colonists, happened in Boston. The Boston Tea Party, in which colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act, was mainly located in Boston and Massachusettes. The "battles" of Lexington and Concord were in Boston. The colonists stared to gather up people for an army and store weapons and gunpowder in Mass. Also, most talk of rebellion was talked about in pubs or taverns which Mass. was known for. The Brittish even had to bring in troops to try and keep peace. They also closed the Boston Harbor, which was Boston's main resource.
ReplyDelete--Casey Slaughter 4th--
Question 3:
ReplyDeleteThe Americans justified the revolution by many brave acts of rebellion. One of the biggest acts we hear about is the Boston Tea Party. The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and borded a vessel carrying tea. They threw hundreds of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. Another act was what they did to tax collectors. Once the tax collectors started forcing people to pay taxes, the people decided to act. They tar and feathered the tax collectors as an act of rebellion to defy the king. They also did other things to the tax collectors, but they mainley tar and feathered them.
Harrison Adams
4th
Question #2
ReplyDeleteThe whole reason why the people of Massachusetts were the leader of the anti-British was because they were even more mad since they had the red coats in their land and they wanted to get rid of them. Another reason why I believe that the colony of Massachusetts was the leader is because they thought that they could drive the British out of their cities and completely get rid of them.
Tanner McClellan
4th period
I am going to answer question number two. More than half the population either wanted to keep peace or stay neutral. Most of the protests and boycotts were in Massachusetts. A big part of this is because the sons of liberty were in Massachusetts. Most of the up rises had to do with them. They were responsible for the Boston tea party. The sons of liberty stirred up anger against the British. They must have been good public speakers because they got good support.
ReplyDeleteAshley L.
Period 4
Question 3
ReplyDeleteAmericans justified their revolution by having the “Battle of Bunker Hill.” Although they lost the battle, in a way they one, they figured that if they would have had enough supplies they could of beat the British. That is what helped them realized they can take the British and win the war! They also had a wonderful leader that told them what to do and to feel like they can take them! Their leader has wonderful strategic skills. He knew that the guns they had were so poor that you couldn’t see through your scope good, you can’t even shoot from 20 ft away! He said, “Shoot when you see the white of their eyes” This way they don’t waste ammo, because they were running low. This is what helped them justify their revolution!
Kason Eggers 4th Period
Question 2
ReplyDeleteWell, I think the reason for the Massachusetts colony being the head of the revolution, is that they were the ones most affected in general. I mean, there was the Boston Massacre, the shooting into the crowd of the British soldiers, there was the Boston Tea Party, their “re-action” as you would say, and the Intolerable Acts, closing the British Harbor. These events are all ample reasons for them to be the main part of the Revolution. Also, there was the Lexington and Concord march. The British soldiers, from their spies, heard that the colonists were storing ammo in Concord. So, they went to the outlying village of Lexington. They told the Minutemen to move aside and let them through. Their leader told them not to fire, but not to move either. So the British soldiers fired into the town militia and killed 9 men. They marched on through to Lexington, where they found more people waiting and ready. The Sons of Liberty had placed their own spies, and they knew that the British were going to march. So they sent out William Dawes and Paul Revere. Paul Revere got to the first few towns until he was captured. William Dawes however, made it all the way to Lexington so they were ready. When the shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, the first was called “The Shot Heard Round the World.” So those are the reasons I believe that Massachusetts was the main part of the Revolutionary War.
John Wright
4th Period
Massachusetts was the center of the revolution because it was filled with a bunch of hot heads. There were a lot of people who weren’t afraid to voice their opinion like Sam Adams. Most people didn’t like the sugar, stamp, Townshend and the Tea act but they didn’t do anything about it until people in Mass. started to do something about it.
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ReplyDeleteFrom the beginning, the Massachusetts assemblies refused to vote the mandated supplies to the British troops. They didn’t like being told they had to help the British troops. They also didn’t like how commissioners ended all smuggling in Boston. The Boston merchants were angry that this was making the smugglers trade in other colonies. Because the harassment of new custom commissioners were so bad, the British government placed extra troops in the city. Many weren’t paid very well, so they looked for jobs while off-duty, which took away some jobs from those who lived there. The Boston Massacre was made to look worse than it really was. Government was necessary to protect individuals, but they needed safe guards to use against abuses of power. Most people in England and America thought the English Constitution was the best to meet these necessities.
- Jaycee Applegate
Period 4
Question 2:
ReplyDeleteI think one of the main reasons Massachusetts was a leader of the anti-British protest was taxes. They didn't like the taxes and wanted to stop them. They did things that would stop the taxes. Some of the things they did were the Boston Tea Party, the Sons of Liberty burned stamps and did mean things to stamp agents, they tarred and feathered tax collectors and more. These things stopped them from taxing some things, but then they would tax other things. They did all they could to stop taxes.
Question 2:
ReplyDeleteThere are many reasons why Massachusetts was the main leader in the anti-British protests.
In Massachusetts, James Otis persuaded the members of the colonial assembly to call an intercolonial congress to take action against the taxes. So delegates from 9 colonies met and, in a petition to the king, said the colonies should not be taxed unless they agreed.
When the Stamp Act was put in action there were many mobs in cities all throughout the colonies. But the largest mob was in Boston. It was called the Sons of Liberty. They would attack stamp agents and burn stamps. They also destroyed the home of the lieutenant governor, Thomas Hutchinson.
After the Stamp Act was repealed, England forced the colonists to Shelter and Supply British soldiers. Massachusetts decided they were not going to give the mandated supplies to the troops.
After the Townshend Act, people started smuggling supplies into Boston, where headquarters were. Then the Boston Merchants organized a boycott of the British goods that were taxed in the Townshend Act.
One night in Boston some “liberty boys” and others were pelting the troops with snowballs and rocks. One of the soldiers was knocked down. Another fired into the crowd, killing 5 people. This was known as the Boston Massacre.
In the 1760's Britain was in serious financial trouble. The French and Indian war had all but drained there money. They needed money fast. A logical solution was to put taxes on things, some of which already had a tax in England. That didn't fly with the Colonists. After several tax acts, and their repealment, a new ideology was forming in some of the "radical" minds of the Colonists: We should seperate ourselves from Britain. They justified this with saying, that parliment and the crown had breached there rights as people and they no longer "legitimately" had rule over them. This new philosophy would change the Colonies forever.
ReplyDeleteSeveral sources supported this new and "radical" idea. Such as the Scottish who thought Englands power oppressive and tyrinnical. The country "whigs" had the same idea paired with they wanted some of the power. They also believed the current government corrupt. With all the different people coming togethor with reasons to revolt against England, they had a very motivating and powerful argument.
Along with the Philosophy that America could be without England, was the idea of how a government should be. They argued that humans are naturally corrupt and greedy, so a true government was meant to keep people safe from the evil in others. And seeing as governments are ruled by corrupt people, there needed to be lots of people with different ideas too help make decisions. The decisons had to be distibuted throughout all social groups. This idea of shared law-making was the beggining and basis of several key ideologies and events.
One of the if not the biggest idea leading up to the American Revolution was "No taxation without Representation". The American people believed they had a say in whether or not they were taxed. This kicked off a huge argument that really set alot of Americans into a frenzy about being sovereign. They didn't like the fact that Parliment had ultimate power. They wanted some things to be split amongst them and Britain, but to Parliment this was absurd, how could there be two major authoities; to them there could only be one ultimate power.
Matt Larson
3- How did Americans justify their revolution? Discuss the sources and development of the philosophy of revolt.
ReplyDeleteAmericans justified their revolution in a lot of ways. There was the Battle of Bunker Hill. Even though they lost it proved that they could fight. There was also the Boston Tea Party where the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw hundreds of crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. The last one I will mention is when the king made them pay taxes on things without their approval.They were mad and decided to fight back so they tarred and feathered the tax collectors.
Taylor Welch
Period 4
Megan Monson P4 Q2
ReplyDeleteIn Massachusetts there was Boston and in Boston there were many things. For one there was the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were a group of men—kind of like a club—founded by Samuel Adams. They fought for liberty. And with liberty comes justice and with justice comes freedom. Also in Boston was Boston Harbor—don’t get me wrong there were other harbors just none as big as this one. Boston Harbor was a huge piece of the economy in Boston. When the king placed the taxes the colonists wouldn’t stand for it the sons of liberty dressed up as Indians and dumped over 200 caskets of tea into the harbor. When the king closed it they had no way of getting what they needed. Near Boston there was a town that had a warehouse. The people of Massachusetts stored up ammunition and stored it in the warehouse. The red troops heard and marched to retrieve it, thus leading to the ride of Paul Revere and the Battle of Bunkerhill.
2- Massachusetts was a big leader in the anti-british protests mainly because they were affected on the harbor a lot. Their harbor was a big target for the british. They hosted the boston tea party on that harbor. They had the group of colonists called The Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty took part in the repealing of many british taxes placed on the colonies. They made a big deal of all the british things happenning. They made a huge deal out of the Boston Massacre. Massachusetts was most determined to be seperated I think.
ReplyDeleteKatie Maddox
Period 4
2-From the outset, Massachusetts was a leader of the anti-British protest studied in this chapter. Why?
ReplyDeleteMassachusetts was such a big leader in the anti-British protest because so many important events and people were in Massachusetts.T he Sons of Liberty, was a group of men founded by Samuel Adams, the fought for Massachusetts liberty.The Boston Tea Party was a huge event in the anti-British protest. The Bostonians dunped a bunch of tea in the harbor, that was very important for Britian. There were also many battles between the British army and the Partiots, in Massachusetts. That is why I think Massachusetts was such a big leader in the anti-British protest.
Nicole Van Leeuwen
Question 2:
ReplyDeleteMassachusetts was a big leader in the war because they were the ones who saw the most trouble with the British. They were the ones who didn't like what the British were making them do so they finally decided to put a stop to it. There was a group whose name was The Sons of Liberty. This group played a big part in the boycotting. They participated in The Boston Tea Party which the British didn't like so they closed the harbor. The harbor was a big deal to the British and Bostonians so that was something big. Massachusetts cared the most about their liberty and that help other colonies care.
-Megan Sanford
Boston faced many revolts against the taxes placed on items. Like the tea act and stamp act. That made colonists made, the sons of liberty was then created. The Boston massacre angered the colonists even more. The sons of liberty dumped a lot of tea into the harbor dressed as Indians to show the king they did not like the taxes. They thought they could fool everyone by dressing as Indians but everyone knew the Indians would not touch the tea. The colonies began to revolt along with the sons of liberty. They finally said they wanted to be independent from England.
ReplyDeleteHeather Jensen- period 4
The reasons that Massachusets was one of the biggest anti-british places was beacause it is where everything started. It's where The Sons of Liberty were at, who took place in the repealing of many british taxes forced on the colonies. Boston was also in Massachusets which drew a lot of attention because it had one of the biggest populations at the time. Boston Harbor played a big factor too because, the British knew that the colonists didn't have a Navy and they had the biggest in the world. To add on to that, Boston Harbor is where the Boston Tea Party took place, which really ticked off the king. Also, a bunch of drunken sailors were shot for being stupid and throwing rocks and bottles at the British which was later called the Boston Massacare. This set off the colonists and was another reason to start a war. Overall, I think that Massachusets wanted to be free from the king more than any other colony and fought to get what they wanted. The best part is that they ended up winning.
ReplyDeleteNick Plaga
4th Period
Question #2
ReplyDeleteMassachusetts was the most anti- British out of all the other colonies. It all got started after the French and Indian war, England was in debt, and decided to tax the colonists. There was the sugar at, stamp act, and the tea act. People were mad about the taxes, and one day there was a shooting called, the Boston Massacre During the Tea act, the colonists dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. Later, the King of England cut off the Boston Harbor, which really hurt the colonists, because they were all ship builders, and fisherman. These evens fired the revolutionary war. The Sons of liberty was created there, by Samuel Adams, And there were a lot of other important people there too. Eventually we won the war, so it all worked out.
Annie Wimmer
period 4
Samantha Jardine~ Question 3
ReplyDeleteI haven't had time to blog since my last blog didn't go through, so I hope that you can still accept this for full credit.
They said that there were two main sources to the Revolt. They believed that they were the Religious sources and the political experiences of the colonies. Some came from other countries such as Britain. Scotland, and the "Country Whigs". They felt excluded from power and disliked the existing system, finding it corrupt. People thought that because humans were so inherently corrupt and selfish, the government was necessary to protect individuals from the evil in one another. England and America considered the English Constitution the best system. It distributed power among the Monarchy, the Aristocracy, and the Common People. By the mid-17th century, their dissidents were convinced that the Constitution was in danger. The king and his ministers were becoming too powerful. The English constitution was an outline of the way things should be done. The Americans resisted the idea of flexible and changing set of basic principles.