Federalist blog

Back in the when the constitution was about to ratified, there were two groups of people.  One group supported the ratification of the constitution.  The other group was against the constitution.  The one that wanted the constitution to be ratified were called the federalists.  The group that didn't want the constitution to be ratified were called the anti-federalist.  The federalist were the better half.  Being a federalist made you believe in more central government.  This government could protect you more as it proved troops from every state to help protect the well-being of the country.  If the states had their own governments to run they wouldn't have as many troops to protect their well-being.  Federalists believe in the constitution and thought it would be the answer to the problems that the United States faced.  With a more central government, people would give up some rights, but would get protection.  Protection was a big thing.  We had just won the war and thought that Great Britain still was a threat and any country that did not help us out with the war.  Protection is what I would have fought for and won.

Stamp Act Project

Tyler Seibert

Prof. Holden

Stamp Act

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1.  Britain had a huge debt from the war with France, and they couldn’t alone make up the debt.  They decided to tax the colonies to help with the debt.

2. The colonies stated that the “Writs of Assistance” the government didn’t need any evidence that the colonist did anything wrong, but still could go into homes and businesses and get things.  The colonist declared that this was against the constitution. 

3. Some colonist sent petitions to the government official, others published pamphlets.  Some people even ordered more smuggled items to their shops.  Some people were asked to not buy the taxable items.  People would get into crowds and boycott.

4.  The stamp act was a list of things that the British Government could tax the American people on.  There were so many things taxed like: license to sell wine, bills, bonds, and passports.  Exports were also taxed.  There a lot of things taxed and some of these things were ridiculous to tax.

5.  Franklin’s response to why Americans resisted to the Stamp Act was that there were no colonist in Parliament to vote and speak for the colonists.  Franklin goes on to say that an external tax in on imported items and then the tax they pay on the item, then the owners put the price of the tax on top of the items price to get their money back.  If people don’t want to pay the extra money for the item they don’t have to buy it.  The internal tax is forced on the people to pay it without their consent. 

6. If you want to tax the colonies just tax imports for the business men.  They can get the money back on the items they sell.  And, put some colonist in parliament so that they have a say and won’t get enraged with some of the decisions. 

7. The date of this source is November 2oth 1765.  This article is from a newspaper called the North Carolina Gazette. 

8. October 19^th 1765- a hanging was watched by a crowd of 500 people

October 31^st- another hanging was watched by a crowd

November 16^th- a stamp act officer was forced to sign a resignation sheet, then they carried him in an arm chair and carried him around the court house

Monday 18^th- letters were sent to the inhabitants of the province requesting their presences at his seat in Brunswick.

Monday 18^th- the inhabitants hung and burned Dr. William Huston.

9.  It seems that everyday people hated the Stamp Act and did anything possible to get rid of the Act.  They hated being taxed all the time for the job they helped the British with

10. I believe that the writings were for the British to read what was going on in the colonies.  The author was Peter Oliver.

11. One event that Oliver talked about was the incident with the so called, ”mob”.  When the “Mob” broke into the Office of the Register of the Admiralty.  They did some destruction and went after the officers, but the officers hid themselves and were not hurt.

The next incident that Oliver talked about was when the Secretary of the Province was attacked.  The mob took him to a place where he was forced to sign his resignation.

12.  The perspective of the author is that everyone in the colonies is against the British.  He, only, speaks about the bad things happening to the British executive and appointed officials. 

13.  It seems to me that they are targeting the colonist that want to abolish the British government in America.  They are talking about some things that are dangerous or are becoming dangerous.  I believe the writings are for the colonists.

14.  They are stating that some things that have been resolved or agreed upon in that colony.  They are stating things that could become dangerous in the colonies

15. This could be a reprint from the guy who actually printed this article.  Then, if that happened, it would be considered a secondary source. 

16.  It serves as a primary source as the guy who wrote it was from when the actions actually happened.   A primary source is when a person saw what happened and wrote about it.  That is what this author did.

17.   I believe that when I read this article it changed my opinion a little bit.  It changed a little based on some of the things that the British taxed.  I think the British went a little overboard when they taxed that many things.  Some of the things they taxed I would even, now, get angry with if it got taxed.  Like to get a license to sell you got taxed for that.  Just to get a license they taxed the process.  I think that if some of the colonists would have been allowed to be a part of the parliament that, the colonists may not have been so mad to where they wanted to fight back.  I think reading some of these primary sources that it broaden my perspective on the whole issue.  It comes back to if the British changed a few things, would have the colonists reacted the way they did.  The Stamp Act was blown out of proportion by the British and the colonist acted extremely poorly to the situation.  Even though I say that they did act poorly, I am glad to be an American and not part of Britain.

Colonial State

If I were a colonist and had the decision to choose a colony to live in it would have been Boston.  Boston was a big port in that time.  Boston was a lively city and had many revolutionists in the city.  I feel like I would have had a chance to become a big part in the movement of becoming our own country.  There were many people living in Boston and that means opportunity to become a worker or own you own business.  There was a big problem though in the city of Boston.  Much of the wealth in Boston was owned by a few people in total percent of people living in Boston.  That is a big drawback, but that means that if you were in the small percent you were well off.  The Boston tea party would have been my favorite part of living in Boston.  I would have loved to participate in the dumping of the King's tea in the harbor.  Those are a few reasons why I would live in Boston.

Anasazi People

I lived in the southwestern part of the United States of America.  My people lived in houses called pueblos.  We built these pueblos on top of mesas or high, flat-topped hills.  We learned how to farm on the dry lands of the southwest. We hunted small animals for food, when we couldn't get crops.  Thus you can say that we were hunter-gatherers.  We didn't trade much as we only hunted and gathered food.  My people had 4 different periods of which we were important to the world.  The first two periods were when we were in the southwest part of the United States.  We stayed in a part known as the four corners.  Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.  We made very good baskets and sandals.  We are also known as the basketmakers.  We stored our dead and surplus food in deep pits.