The Journals And Letters Of Carl Smith Essay

Before the French and Indian War, there was no debate on the words “constitutional” and “unconstitutional”, but after the war, the Declaratory Act prompted the colonists to define “constitutional” as what was within the parameters of the colonies charters. In contrast, Britain viewed “constitutional” as the totality of laws, customs, and institutions. Additionally, to the British, the definition was obvious. Parliament had sovereign power, as decided by the Glorious Revolution. Also, the colonists’ feelings towards the taxations proved as a strong dislike. A newspaper masthead from October 1765 refers to the Stamp Act. The masthead shows a pair of skulls and crossbones with the words, “The TIMES are Dreadful, Doleful, Dismal, Dolorous, and DOLLAR-LESS.” Furthermore, American soldiers fighting in the French and Indian War had differing opinions towards the Crown and Britain, in general. For example, a soldier from Massachusetts wrote, “...though we be Englishmen born, we are debarred [denied] Englishmen’s liberty.” Also, he states, “...we shall stand in need of good liquors [in order] to keep our spirits,” revealing that the only thing remotely happy comes in the form of alcohol during the war. In contrast, in a letter to Robert Orme on March 15, 1755, George Washington wrote, “...I may have to serve (with my best abilities) my King &

John Smith is one of the most famous people in American literature history. He was a dedicated man to his country of England, and wanted nothing more than to claim America in the name of the king. During his adventures to the new land he encountered many new things and people including a young Native American woman named Pocahontas. He also wrote many journals enticing people to want to come to America. This shall tell you the story of John Smith from his journeys as a young man all the way to when he finally came to America, and how his writings still influence people to immigrate to America still today.

We all live in peace today thinking ‘there will never be any wars in this age’ sure there may or may not be but back in the day there was a bunch of wars the Vietnam War , Civil War, the Gullah War. but the one i am going to be talking about today is the American Revolutionary War and how blacks immigrants and women took a huge part in this war. But in order for this war to have happened let me take you back to 1754 and 1763 when the british had helped the 13 Colonies win the french and indian wars but a little after during that the british lost a lot of money supporting them. But they needed another way to make more money so they started to tax them by passing all these acts. During 1765 in march they passed the Stamp Act which any printed

Both William Penn and John Smith attempted to convince people that they should come to the new world. William Penn recognizes that people with skills should go to the colonies because the colonies can offer them more opportunity for their trade, whereas Smith tries to use imagery to convince everyone that they should go to the new world. This distinction is due to the fact that Penn and Smith were writing in different time periods. William Penn, writing in 1681, said that “Those that go into a foreign plantation, their industry is worth more there than if they stayed at home…” (William 74).

My nine month term has ended for serving in the war and I have the option to re-enlist or not to re-enlist. Furthermore, after putting some thought into it, I have decided to re-enlist because more people will suffer if I leave. “Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but ‘to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER,’ and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth (Paine 153).” I’m fighting for my country's freedom, if I leave George Washington it’s less likely we’ll win, and Britain will have forever control over us and they will tax and makes us slaves if we do not cooperate they could even put us in jail . “Congress came to help because of the bad conditions (Powell 149).” Many of us have no shoes and tatter’d clothes if I leave more people will have these conditions even with congress help. “ The summer

Hearing gunshots here and there, soldiers fighting for well earned freedom from Britain in the cold, freezing weather at Valley Forge. All I have left when I signed up was a picture of my beloved wife, a notebook to write letters to her when in camp, and what my dying mother gave me when I left was a mini Bible. In 1777-1778 George Washington commanded several thousand patriot soldiers who spent the winter at Valley Forge, which I was one of 12,000 American soldiers that was sent to fight for freedom from the British in Valley Forge. I was placed at Valley Forge, 18 miles Northwest of Philadelphia. I have decided to go to Valley Forge to help fight and win the war against the British , I also signed up because I want to help fight for my country’s independence and for everyone’s freedom to live in a free world.I want to re-enlist for three reasons which are: having pride/glory, teamwork/care, and courage.

“Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but ‘to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER,’ and if being bound in that matter, is not slavery, then there is not such a thing as slavery upon earth.” (Paine, 1776) This quote is a piece of Thomas Paine’s book, which describes what Britain has done to them. Like the book describes, the British have used the colonists as slaves. Consequently, none of the soldiers fighting in the continental congress agree with the way that the colonists were treated by the British. These soldiers now consider themselves “Americans.” Accordingly, if they are “Americans”, they should be willing to make their dream come true, and fight for their cause. This is significant because a cause to fight was something that the Americans had that the British didn’t. The American soldiers were fighting for independence, whereas the British soldiers were fighting for their king. If they should win, the life of every single American soldier would

In a time of uncertainty and alliances Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense provided the American people an easy way to understand the breakdown of who they were going to go to war against and why they should. Paine offered opinions with intellectual backing, opinions that were soon backed or opposed by other colonists and debated from taverns to law offices all over the colonies. In this paper, I will be discussing Paine’s intended audience, his perspective, the major problems he sees between England and the American colonies, and why his writing was so persuasive to support the revolution and weaknesses in his argument.

As I walk to my 16 by 14 foot hut that I share with 12 other men, I hear a blood curdling scream and look behind me to see bloody footprints trailing behind me because I ,like many other men here, have no shoes, and farther behind that is a makeshift hospital, where surgeons are inside amputating a man’s leg because he got frostbite in the cold winter weather. One month from now, on March 1, I am going to be asked if I would like to leave this place. The place in question is Valley Forge a place 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia, where the British are comfortably quartered. It is the winter of 1777-1778 and the American Revolutionary War has just begun (Roden 141). So the big question is: will I re-enlist or not? Personally, I have decided not to re-enlist for the three reasons of that there are miserable conditions, other capable men that haven’t served yet, and we aren’t even fighting yet.

“The time is now at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are or be Freemen or Slaves.” -George Washington. It all started on a cold and wintry day in December. Soldiers began to make a winter camp at Valley Forge, about 18 miles west of Philadelphia.In October Washington's army retreated from Boston and New York in October, and just recently had failed in keeping the British out of Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the Forming Nation's Capitol. The army retreated to Valley forge, where they would stay for the next many months.They would stay until they could defeat the British in Philadelphia, in which the British set up base comfortably. I am a 9 month soldier, and my contract ends on March first.

Greetings, madness is taking over the colonies. Men are screaming and women and children are crying. England has just issued the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. (history.org) My family supports the Patriots, so we have known how unfair England can be. My family is very upset about what has happened. Speaking of my family, we are the Evans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. My father Walter, and my mother, Sarah, work very hard to make our family successful. My brother Adam is eighteen and he works on my father’s shipyard. I am sixteen and I help my mother with anything she needs, but I also do my chores on my own as well. As I said before, we are Patriots and we are trying to get our representation in England. All we want currently is a spot in Parliament to represent the colonies. The Stamp Act has just made us fight harder. My family is helping the rebels, and trying to earn a spot in Parliament because we believe that our colonies are suffering due to their actions, such as the horrible Stamp Act.

The first reason why I wouldn’t rejoin the army is because of the high death risk. In Document A. it shows the death toll, and illnesses. If I die there would be no point for me to fight because I wouldn’t get affected if America was independent or not.

George Thornewell Smith, a prominent figure in Georgia politics and the only man to be elected to office in all three branches of state government, died Monday at the age of 93.

The conflict that eventually grew into King William’s War would provide one of the first opportunities for fighters from different colonies to cooperate in a larger military conflict on behalf of the English Empire, and also to develop a sense of resentment toward the Crown for its perceived failure to defend the colonies adequately (Williams, pp. 23-24). The colonists had inherited their ancestors’ distrust of a standing army, primarily since they saw such an army as a tool for the repression of liberty (Flashnick, Week 1). After the failure of the English army to assist the colonial fighters to any meaningful degree during King William’s War, this distrust was confirmed and amplified. Two long-term effects of the conflict were that it reinforced the American preference for the citizen soldier and, by virtue of forcing cooperation between the colonies, it paved the way for what would eventually become a united continental army.

De Republica Anglorum is Sir Thomas Smith’s seminal work, a striking social commentary on the order of English society in the 16th Century. It dissects in great detail the “four sorts” of the social order, and provides us with several great insights into Early Modern Englishmen’s opinions on power, social mobility and their places within society.