Outline to Patriotism in Pennsylvania
I. As the people of America, we have the right to abide by our own laws and create our own central government.
______a. Philadelphia was the site of both continental congresses and served as the de facto capitol
______________a1. British forces threatened Philadelphia in late 1776, forcing the congress to evacuate and relocate in Baltimore Maryland
______________a2. Stayed there until spring of 1777 and remained there until Washington’s defeat at Brandyaire
______________a3. The congress moved to Lancaster and later new york
II. The British were fighting to remain control of America in their argument that British subject should obey British law
_______a. Continental forces under general “Mad” Anthony Wayne were
surprised by a midnight bayonet charged by british soldiers at Paoil Pennsylvania. This “paoli Massacre” claimed more than 50 Americans killed and at least 100 wounded from brutal fighting.
_______b. I say that given the point in time with the small population of Pennsylvania it was very significant to the people that 50 men died and more than100 injured. An event this large would really hit home with the people and would give an example of how the British were becoming.
______________b2. This was a key factor that got Pennsylvania to be a patriot colony.
IIII. patriots of Pennsylvania were rioting about the loyalists
_______a. "American men and women gathered in crowds to confront hoarding merchants, intimidate "unreasonable" store keepers, and seize scarce commodities ranging from sugar to tea to bread. Such food or price riots occurred in at least five northern states, new york, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, rhode island and Connecticut..."
V.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
text analysis of decloration of independance
Who is writing?
The resolution introduced in the continental congress was written by Richard Henry Lee
Who is the audience?
The audience is the American people and the British parliament
Who do the writers represent?
The writer represent America
What is being said, argued, and/or requested?
America needs to be separated from Britain
How is it being said, argued or requested?
This is an assertive document stating exactly what they want and no compromising it shows true independence
What proof and or justification is being used to legitimize the request?
Who is writing?
[Signed by] JOHN HANCOCK [President]
JOSIAH BARTLETT, WM. WHIPPLE, MATTHEW THORNTON. SAML. ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, ROBT. TREAT PAINE, ELBRIDGE GERRY, STEP. HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. ROGER SHERMAN, SAM'EL HUNTINGTON, WM. WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. WM. FLOYD, PHIL. LIVINGSTON, FRANS. LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. RICHD. STOCKTON, JNO. WITHERSPOON, FRAS. HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRA. CLARK. ROBT. MORRIS BENJAMIN RUSH,
BENJA. FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEO. CLYMER, JAS. SMITH, GEO. TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEO. ROSS. CAESAR RODNEY, GEO. READ,
THO. M'KEAN. SAMUEL CHASE, WM. PACA, THOS. STONE, CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton. GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, TH. JEFFERSON, BENJA. HARRISON, THS. NELSON, JR., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON. WM. HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, JOHN PENN.
EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOS. HAYWARD, JUNR., THOMAS LYNCH, JUNR.,
ARTHUR MIDDLETON. BUTTON GWINNETT, LYMAN HALL, GEO. WALTON.
Who is the audience?
The british parliament, the American people, and the original writers of the document.
Who do the writers represent?
The writers represent the American people and how they need to be separated from Britain and become independent
What is being said, argued, and or requested ?
All states should be independent and free from britain. In some point in time you need to separate from your ‘mother’ country. They were very unrighteous to America and took advantage of then in
All me are created equal and endowed by their creator, and everyone has their own right and responsibilities of independence.
How is being said , argued or requested?
It is being said as a statement of action
What proof and or justification is being used to legitimize the request?
The resolution introduced in the continental congress was written by Richard Henry Lee
Who is the audience?
The audience is the American people and the British parliament
Who do the writers represent?
The writer represent America
What is being said, argued, and/or requested?
America needs to be separated from Britain
How is it being said, argued or requested?
This is an assertive document stating exactly what they want and no compromising it shows true independence
What proof and or justification is being used to legitimize the request?
Who is writing?
[Signed by] JOHN HANCOCK [President]
JOSIAH BARTLETT, WM. WHIPPLE, MATTHEW THORNTON. SAML. ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, ROBT. TREAT PAINE, ELBRIDGE GERRY, STEP. HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. ROGER SHERMAN, SAM'EL HUNTINGTON, WM. WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. WM. FLOYD, PHIL. LIVINGSTON, FRANS. LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. RICHD. STOCKTON, JNO. WITHERSPOON, FRAS. HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRA. CLARK. ROBT. MORRIS BENJAMIN RUSH,
BENJA. FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEO. CLYMER, JAS. SMITH, GEO. TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEO. ROSS. CAESAR RODNEY, GEO. READ,
THO. M'KEAN. SAMUEL CHASE, WM. PACA, THOS. STONE, CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton. GEORGE WYTHE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, TH. JEFFERSON, BENJA. HARRISON, THS. NELSON, JR., FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE, CARTER BRAXTON. WM. HOOPER, JOSEPH HEWES, JOHN PENN.
EDWARD RUTLEDGE, THOS. HAYWARD, JUNR., THOMAS LYNCH, JUNR.,
ARTHUR MIDDLETON. BUTTON GWINNETT, LYMAN HALL, GEO. WALTON.
Who is the audience?
The british parliament, the American people, and the original writers of the document.
Who do the writers represent?
The writers represent the American people and how they need to be separated from Britain and become independent
What is being said, argued, and or requested ?
All states should be independent and free from britain. In some point in time you need to separate from your ‘mother’ country. They were very unrighteous to America and took advantage of then in
All me are created equal and endowed by their creator, and everyone has their own right and responsibilities of independence.
How is being said , argued or requested?
It is being said as a statement of action
What proof and or justification is being used to legitimize the request?
Thursday, October 30, 2008
summarization of primary documents
the circular letter of the Boston committee of correspondence; may 13, 1774
The colony people are being informed that their being taken over by the British military. My own view is that the British didn't have the right to do this as a punishment for the east India tea incident. Though i see how they would be angry about this, I still maintain that British has no right to punish them. Although some might object that they didn't have the right to do this, i reply that the British has no hand in it so they should stay out of their business.
the new york committee of 51 to the bostom committee of correspondence
The British military are trying to control America. They are trying to accomplish this by barricading them by naval ships to prevent trade with Britain. I believe this is the worst thing you could do to a country especially when they originated from your home country. I don't understand why you wouldn't want to keep peace with your relatives and friends.
The colony people are being informed that their being taken over by the British military. My own view is that the British didn't have the right to do this as a punishment for the east India tea incident. Though i see how they would be angry about this, I still maintain that British has no right to punish them. Although some might object that they didn't have the right to do this, i reply that the British has no hand in it so they should stay out of their business.
the new york committee of 51 to the bostom committee of correspondence
The British military are trying to control America. They are trying to accomplish this by barricading them by naval ships to prevent trade with Britain. I believe this is the worst thing you could do to a country especially when they originated from your home country. I don't understand why you wouldn't want to keep peace with your relatives and friends.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
essay reflection # 1
In recent discussions of essay number one, a controversial issue has been whether if our writing process was helpful, or to our liking. from this perspective, people say it was because the essay didn't sound like themselves, or so to say, having no originality. On the other hand however argues that the writing process was bad, but the help from craig was useful. In the worlds of one of this view's main proponents, "hard but helpful." In sum, then, the issue is wheather the writing process was useful, or not.
My own view is that i liked the writing process. Though i concede that it may take away originality, i still maintain that it was very helpful to me. For example, i like how we followed the classic process of first topic, then outline, third rough draft, then finally final draft. Although some might object that this is not a good process, i reply that there is nothing wrong with this system as long as it works.
My own view is that i liked the writing process. Though i concede that it may take away originality, i still maintain that it was very helpful to me. For example, i like how we followed the classic process of first topic, then outline, third rough draft, then finally final draft. Although some might object that this is not a good process, i reply that there is nothing wrong with this system as long as it works.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Thesis/Essay 1 Final Draft
_____Bacon’s rebellion was the effect of unjust taxes and lack of protetion by the English government. The English government
was taxing the Virginia people with so many taxes that the people were becoming miserably poor and desperate. On top of all
this the Indians were stealing their goods, and killing the Virginians. It was started in 1693 when William Berkeley was
appointed governor of Virginia. At the time he was a well respected man, but over time he became more and more greedy as
his personality characteristics changed. In the 1600’s Virginia was suffering under England’s government horrendously. The
English government was inflicting them with taxes that served no purpose, other than to prosper. One of these taxes that the
Virginians were being endured with was the Virginia poll tax.
_____The Virginia poll tax of 1645 had replaced the property tax. The poll tax was to tax people based on their income, but the
English government did quite the opposite. The poor were being taxed more than the rich. In document #7 of the royal
commissioners narrative states, “ [W]hereas there are some great persons both in honor rich in Estate and have several ways of
gains and profit [that] are exempted from paying Levies and the poorest inhabitants being compelled to pay the great taxes
which we are burdened with.” This means that people with a lot of land would be taxed less than the people without because
they had more ways of earning profit. I think in this situation it was not only wrong to tax the poor more than the rich, but it
was also stupid. If the English government were to tax the rich more, they would get more money out of them. This is only one
of the worst things the government did to its people, but not the only one. The next hinder of the Virginia people was the
trade taxes
_____An example of a poll tax trade would be the beaver trade, which outrageously over charging colonists for the price of
beaver fur. The only reason for this high priced fur, was simply because the English government had a monopoly on it. It was
hard for the colonists to pay these taxes and it felt like their government left them sitting in the dark.
_____An additional way to show that England’s government still did care about the settlers in the new world with their unjust
taxes was they gave them a law called, ‘The Navigation Laws.’ This law was directed to the planters. For a long time the
planters were very prosperous through their tobacco culture, some became very wealthy from it. Soon enough the navigation
laws were passed and required that the planters should buy from England all the European goods that might be needed, and
should bring them over to Virginia in English ships. The effect was to compel the settlers to sell their tobacco at whatever price
the English merchants were willing to pay out, and to buy their goods at whatever price the English merchant saw suitable to
charge. On top of all that they were still taxed for the ship. This was called the Ship Tax English government shouldn’t be
treating their people this way just because they are a 3 month trip away over water. These people still originated from England,
their government should have cared for them more.
_____Nevertheless another tax came along. It was called the, “quitrent.” This is the origin of the modern system of land taxes
in Virginia. The quitrent was a land tax that the King originally imposed and that was regulated by acts of Parliament. The
basic English land laws under which the people of colonial Virginia gained title to their land required the owners to pay to the
English government a quitrent of two shillings for each hundred acres of land. If a landowner failed to pay the quitrent for a
specific number of years, the English government had the right to take back the land and grant it or sell it to another person.
The money raised by this tax went into the royal treasury and was used to pay the expenses of the royal government in the
colony. The money being gained from these taxes were going right back to the government officials. The New World people
weren’t receiving any benefit from these taxes.
_____Taxes in Virginia had gotten worse, even when the colony was in grave danger from all of the Native American attacks,
Governor Berkeley didn’t let the people kill Indians. One of the reasons for this is because Governor Berkeley was gaining
personal wealth from trading with the Indians. With all of the selfishness of the government, it really looked like that their own
government was against them. Governor Berkeley tried making it better but in the wrong way, in the form of a unjust tax. The
hearth tax shows this. The hearth tax was an attempt to spread the suffering of the people. The heath tax was to charge
people according to their occupation. The tax was to create money for the army. Governor Berkeley wanted to make the people
safer with an army but it was hurting them more with the money they were paying.
_____Even that Governor Berkeley had good intentions with the hearth tax, he without a doubt was still looking for ways to
benefit himself. The way he did this without taxes was that he did not protect the new settled Virginia people from the savage
Indians that were ruthlessly killing them. These Indians were killing indentured servants in planting fields but William Berkeley
didn’t do anything about it because he wanted to keep having the people trading with the Indians because he benefited from
it. Some would argue that the only reason why Berkeley did this was because he wanted the Native Americans to just get along
to build the economy. Based on all that I’ve said before this, we all know Berkeley was thinking is, “Money talks.” Meaning that
money is the only thing that is going to show his power, so that’s what he was headed for.
_____One man that was sick of the corruption in the government and the murderous Indians, his name was Nathaniel Bacon.
He had sympathy for his fellow colonists and decided to take a stand against the Indians after they had killed a servant in his
plantation. He took a stand for his colony and chose to call them on it. He was devoted to the pure patriotic liberty principle.
Nathaniel Bacon did this by writing his own letter of complaints to King James. It was called, Nathaniel Bacon’s, ‘Declaration of
the people.’
_____The following June Nathaniel Bacon assembled a group of five hundred men leading them into Jamestown in what comes
to be known as bacon’s Rebellion. Nathaniel bacon had many supporters of his rebellion such as the Virginia planters. The
Virginia planters supported this because their indentured servants were being killed in the planter fields.
_____This rebellion and unjust taxes of Virginia relates to the present. Our government now is charging us with taxes that
people don’t want to pay also. Such as how some of our taxes go to the low income society. I disagree with this tax because of
how most people are just too lazy to get a job. People like this use the government to their advantage, they will use food
stamps and other supports from the government and use their own money for things that are unnecessary. The best example I
can give about this was when I was out in the parking lot at Wal-mart pushing carts as I sometimes do on the job. It was a
cold morning and there was a little fog in the air. As I was pushing these carts inside I happened to look back behind my
shouder to make sure there was no cars behind me before I made a wide turn. When I looked back I saw a new BMW 745Li. I
was very impressed with the car because I know it’s the largest luxury sedan BMW makes. I continued to the door with the
carts as I was still impressed with the car. I saw a Mexican lady and her 3 children come out of the car. I remember saying to
myself, “lucky,” as I saw them hop out. A little while later as I’m passing through the line of checkouts with the annoying
dinging I hear every time a item is checked, I see the same lady pocking around with the ATM machine. As I walk by the lady,
her daughter who was about ten years old or so asked me how to use the ATM machine for food stamp credit. I had no idea
what she wanted me to do so I directed her towards a manger as she is translating for her mom. As I happened to spot them
going back into their luxury car I was actually angry. Angry at the fact that money that I pay through taxes coming out of my
pay check and taxes from every day items actually helped that lady pay for her food. I saw absolutely no way that lady would
deserve to drive that 80,000 dollar car as she uses the state’s taxes to feed herself and her children. These taxes should be
monitored who they go towards, and the government should track their spending.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/bacon.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805681.html
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/military/bacon.html
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/va20_coltax.htm
http://colonialancestors.com/biographies/nathanielbacon.htm
was taxing the Virginia people with so many taxes that the people were becoming miserably poor and desperate. On top of all
this the Indians were stealing their goods, and killing the Virginians. It was started in 1693 when William Berkeley was
appointed governor of Virginia. At the time he was a well respected man, but over time he became more and more greedy as
his personality characteristics changed. In the 1600’s Virginia was suffering under England’s government horrendously. The
English government was inflicting them with taxes that served no purpose, other than to prosper. One of these taxes that the
Virginians were being endured with was the Virginia poll tax.
_____The Virginia poll tax of 1645 had replaced the property tax. The poll tax was to tax people based on their income, but the
English government did quite the opposite. The poor were being taxed more than the rich. In document #7 of the royal
commissioners narrative states, “ [W]hereas there are some great persons both in honor rich in Estate and have several ways of
gains and profit [that] are exempted from paying Levies and the poorest inhabitants being compelled to pay the great taxes
which we are burdened with.” This means that people with a lot of land would be taxed less than the people without because
they had more ways of earning profit. I think in this situation it was not only wrong to tax the poor more than the rich, but it
was also stupid. If the English government were to tax the rich more, they would get more money out of them. This is only one
of the worst things the government did to its people, but not the only one. The next hinder of the Virginia people was the
trade taxes
_____An example of a poll tax trade would be the beaver trade, which outrageously over charging colonists for the price of
beaver fur. The only reason for this high priced fur, was simply because the English government had a monopoly on it. It was
hard for the colonists to pay these taxes and it felt like their government left them sitting in the dark.
_____An additional way to show that England’s government still did care about the settlers in the new world with their unjust
taxes was they gave them a law called, ‘The Navigation Laws.’ This law was directed to the planters. For a long time the
planters were very prosperous through their tobacco culture, some became very wealthy from it. Soon enough the navigation
laws were passed and required that the planters should buy from England all the European goods that might be needed, and
should bring them over to Virginia in English ships. The effect was to compel the settlers to sell their tobacco at whatever price
the English merchants were willing to pay out, and to buy their goods at whatever price the English merchant saw suitable to
charge. On top of all that they were still taxed for the ship. This was called the Ship Tax English government shouldn’t be
treating their people this way just because they are a 3 month trip away over water. These people still originated from England,
their government should have cared for them more.
_____Nevertheless another tax came along. It was called the, “quitrent.” This is the origin of the modern system of land taxes
in Virginia. The quitrent was a land tax that the King originally imposed and that was regulated by acts of Parliament. The
basic English land laws under which the people of colonial Virginia gained title to their land required the owners to pay to the
English government a quitrent of two shillings for each hundred acres of land. If a landowner failed to pay the quitrent for a
specific number of years, the English government had the right to take back the land and grant it or sell it to another person.
The money raised by this tax went into the royal treasury and was used to pay the expenses of the royal government in the
colony. The money being gained from these taxes were going right back to the government officials. The New World people
weren’t receiving any benefit from these taxes.
_____Taxes in Virginia had gotten worse, even when the colony was in grave danger from all of the Native American attacks,
Governor Berkeley didn’t let the people kill Indians. One of the reasons for this is because Governor Berkeley was gaining
personal wealth from trading with the Indians. With all of the selfishness of the government, it really looked like that their own
government was against them. Governor Berkeley tried making it better but in the wrong way, in the form of a unjust tax. The
hearth tax shows this. The hearth tax was an attempt to spread the suffering of the people. The heath tax was to charge
people according to their occupation. The tax was to create money for the army. Governor Berkeley wanted to make the people
safer with an army but it was hurting them more with the money they were paying.
_____Even that Governor Berkeley had good intentions with the hearth tax, he without a doubt was still looking for ways to
benefit himself. The way he did this without taxes was that he did not protect the new settled Virginia people from the savage
Indians that were ruthlessly killing them. These Indians were killing indentured servants in planting fields but William Berkeley
didn’t do anything about it because he wanted to keep having the people trading with the Indians because he benefited from
it. Some would argue that the only reason why Berkeley did this was because he wanted the Native Americans to just get along
to build the economy. Based on all that I’ve said before this, we all know Berkeley was thinking is, “Money talks.” Meaning that
money is the only thing that is going to show his power, so that’s what he was headed for.
_____One man that was sick of the corruption in the government and the murderous Indians, his name was Nathaniel Bacon.
He had sympathy for his fellow colonists and decided to take a stand against the Indians after they had killed a servant in his
plantation. He took a stand for his colony and chose to call them on it. He was devoted to the pure patriotic liberty principle.
Nathaniel Bacon did this by writing his own letter of complaints to King James. It was called, Nathaniel Bacon’s, ‘Declaration of
the people.’
_____The following June Nathaniel Bacon assembled a group of five hundred men leading them into Jamestown in what comes
to be known as bacon’s Rebellion. Nathaniel bacon had many supporters of his rebellion such as the Virginia planters. The
Virginia planters supported this because their indentured servants were being killed in the planter fields.
_____This rebellion and unjust taxes of Virginia relates to the present. Our government now is charging us with taxes that
people don’t want to pay also. Such as how some of our taxes go to the low income society. I disagree with this tax because of
how most people are just too lazy to get a job. People like this use the government to their advantage, they will use food
stamps and other supports from the government and use their own money for things that are unnecessary. The best example I
can give about this was when I was out in the parking lot at Wal-mart pushing carts as I sometimes do on the job. It was a
cold morning and there was a little fog in the air. As I was pushing these carts inside I happened to look back behind my
shouder to make sure there was no cars behind me before I made a wide turn. When I looked back I saw a new BMW 745Li. I
was very impressed with the car because I know it’s the largest luxury sedan BMW makes. I continued to the door with the
carts as I was still impressed with the car. I saw a Mexican lady and her 3 children come out of the car. I remember saying to
myself, “lucky,” as I saw them hop out. A little while later as I’m passing through the line of checkouts with the annoying
dinging I hear every time a item is checked, I see the same lady pocking around with the ATM machine. As I walk by the lady,
her daughter who was about ten years old or so asked me how to use the ATM machine for food stamp credit. I had no idea
what she wanted me to do so I directed her towards a manger as she is translating for her mom. As I happened to spot them
going back into their luxury car I was actually angry. Angry at the fact that money that I pay through taxes coming out of my
pay check and taxes from every day items actually helped that lady pay for her food. I saw absolutely no way that lady would
deserve to drive that 80,000 dollar car as she uses the state’s taxes to feed herself and her children. These taxes should be
monitored who they go towards, and the government should track their spending.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/bacon.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805681.html
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/military/bacon.html
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/va20_coltax.htm
http://colonialancestors.com/biographies/nathanielbacon.htm
Time line/Apendix 1 Essay 1
1676
In March, the Indians attack Plymouth, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a traitor and is arrested. He is later pardoned for this when he admits his guilt.
In June, the colonists with the Mohegan Indians defeat King Philip's men at Hadley.
Nathaniel Bacon writes the "Declaration of the People of Virginia."
In June, Nathaniel Bacon assembles a group of 500 men leading them to Jamestown in what comes to be known as Bacon's Rebellion.
Virginia planters agree to support Nathaniel Bacon.
King Philip's War ends on August 22 when the Indians surrender.
Bacon burns Jamestown on September 19.
On October, 18, Nathaniel Bacon dies. The rebel army surrenders when promised amnesty.
1677 Virginia Governor Berkeley executes 23 of the rebels from Bacon's Rebellion in direct defiance of the crown. He is later replaced by Colonel Jeffreys as the head of Virginia.
Increase Mather writes "The Troubles That Have Happened in New England."
1689 William and Mary of Orange are officially named King and Queen of England.
Governor Andros surrenders to colonial rebels and is put in jail.
New England colonies begin reinstituting their own governments after Governor Andros is removed from power.
The Toleration Acts are passed by Parliament which gives limited Freedom of Religion to citizens.
A Bill of Rights is passed by Parliament as a statue.
1696 Navigation Acts of 1696 are passed by Parliament that limit all colonial trade to English-built vessels among other things.
In March, the Indians attack Plymouth, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island.
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a traitor and is arrested. He is later pardoned for this when he admits his guilt.
In June, the colonists with the Mohegan Indians defeat King Philip's men at Hadley.
Nathaniel Bacon writes the "Declaration of the People of Virginia."
In June, Nathaniel Bacon assembles a group of 500 men leading them to Jamestown in what comes to be known as Bacon's Rebellion.
Virginia planters agree to support Nathaniel Bacon.
King Philip's War ends on August 22 when the Indians surrender.
Bacon burns Jamestown on September 19.
On October, 18, Nathaniel Bacon dies. The rebel army surrenders when promised amnesty.
1677 Virginia Governor Berkeley executes 23 of the rebels from Bacon's Rebellion in direct defiance of the crown. He is later replaced by Colonel Jeffreys as the head of Virginia.
Increase Mather writes "The Troubles That Have Happened in New England."
1689 William and Mary of Orange are officially named King and Queen of England.
Governor Andros surrenders to colonial rebels and is put in jail.
New England colonies begin reinstituting their own governments after Governor Andros is removed from power.
The Toleration Acts are passed by Parliament which gives limited Freedom of Religion to citizens.
A Bill of Rights is passed by Parliament as a statue.
1696 Navigation Acts of 1696 are passed by Parliament that limit all colonial trade to English-built vessels among other things.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
rough draft restructured
The English government was corrupted and the English governor William Berkeley in Virginia shows it. It was started in 1693 when William Berkeley was appointed governor of Virginia. At the time he was a well respected man, but over time he became more and more greedy as his personality characteristics changed. In the 1600’s Virginia was suffering under England’s government horrendously. The English government was enduring them with taxes that served no purpose, other than to prosper. So that’s why I say, Bacon’s rebellion was the effect of a clash of wrongs and mishaps caused by unjust government with public security, and unsuitable taxes.
Back in 1645 Virginia had a poll tax that replaced the property tax. The poll tax was to tax people based on their income, but the English government did quite the opposite. The poor were being taxed more than the rich. In document #7 of the royal commissioners narrative states, “ [W]hereas there are some great persons both in honor rich in Estate and have several ways of gains and profit [that] are exempted from paying Levies and the poorest inhabitants being compelled to pay the great taxes which we are burdened with.” This means that people with a lot of land would be taxed less than the people without because they had more ways of earning profit. I think in this situation it was not only wrong to tax the poor more than the rich, but it was also stupid. If the English government were to tax the rich more, they would get more money out of them. This is only one of the worst things the government did to its people, but not the only one.
Another tax that the English government compelled on the Virginians was trade taxes, such as the poll trade tax. An example of a poll tax trade would be the beaver trade, which outrageously over charging colonists for the price of beaver fur. The only reason for this high priced fur, was simply because the English government had a monopoly on it. It was hard for the colonists to pay these taxes and it felt like their government left them sitting in the dark.
In addition, a way to show that England still did care about the settlers in the new world, they gave them a law called, ‘The Navigation Laws.’ Which required that the planters should buy from England all the European goods that might be needed, and should bring them over to Virginia in English ships. The effect was to compel the settlers to sell their tobacco at whatever price the English merchants were willing to pay out, and to buy their goods at whatever price the English merchant saw suitable to charge. English government shouldn’t be treating their people this way just because they are a 3 month trip away over water. These people still originated from England, their government should have cared for them more.
Nevertheless another tax came along. It was called the, “quitrent.” This is the origin of the modern system of land taxes in Virginia.
The quitrent was a land tax that the King originally imposed and that was regulated by acts of Parliament. The basic English land laws under which the people of colonial Virginia gained title to their land required the owners to pay to the English government a quitrent of two shillings for each hundred acres of land. If a landowner failed to pay the quitrent for a specific number of years, the English government had the right to take back the land and grant it or sell it to another person. The money raised by this tax went into the royal treasury and was used to pay the expenses of the royal government in the colony. The money being gained from these taxes were going right back to the government officials. The New World people weren’t receiving any benefit from these taxes.
Taxes in Virginia had gotten worse, even when the colony was in grave danger from all of the Native American attacks, Governor Berkeley didn’t let the people kill Indians. One of the reasons for this is because Governor Berkeley was gaining person wealth from trading with the Indians. With all of the selfishness of the government, it really looked like that their own government was against them.
Looking aside from all of these taxes, governor Berkeley without a doubt was still looking for ways to benefit himself. The way he did this without taxes was that he did not protect the new settled Virginia people from the savage Indians that were ruthlessly killing them. These Indians were killing indentured servants in planting fields but William Berkeley didn’t do anything about it because he wanted to keep having the people trading with the Indians because he benefited from it. Some would argue that the only reason why Berkeley did this was because he wanted the Native Americans to just get along to build the economy. Based on all that I’ve said before this, we all know Berkeley was thinking is, “Money talks.” Meaning that money is the only thing that is going to show his power, so that’s what he was headed for.
One man that was sick of the corruption in the government and the murderous Indians, his name was Nathaniel Bacon. He had sympathy for his fellow colonists and decided to take a stand against the Indians after they had killed a servant in his plantation. He took a stand for his colony and chose to call them on it. He was devoted to the pure patriotic liberty principle. Nathaniel Bacon did this by writing his own letter of complaints to King James. It was called, Nathaniel Bacon’s, ‘Declaration of the people.’
The following June Nathaniel Bacon assembled a group of five hundred men leading them into Jamestown in what comes to be known as bacon’s Rebellion. Nathaniel bacon had many supporters of his rebellion such as the Virginia planters. The Virginia planters supported this because their indentured servants were being killed in the planter fields.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/bacon.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805681.html
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/military/bacon.html
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/va20_coltax.htm
Back in 1645 Virginia had a poll tax that replaced the property tax. The poll tax was to tax people based on their income, but the English government did quite the opposite. The poor were being taxed more than the rich. In document #7 of the royal commissioners narrative states, “ [W]hereas there are some great persons both in honor rich in Estate and have several ways of gains and profit [that] are exempted from paying Levies and the poorest inhabitants being compelled to pay the great taxes which we are burdened with.” This means that people with a lot of land would be taxed less than the people without because they had more ways of earning profit. I think in this situation it was not only wrong to tax the poor more than the rich, but it was also stupid. If the English government were to tax the rich more, they would get more money out of them. This is only one of the worst things the government did to its people, but not the only one.
Another tax that the English government compelled on the Virginians was trade taxes, such as the poll trade tax. An example of a poll tax trade would be the beaver trade, which outrageously over charging colonists for the price of beaver fur. The only reason for this high priced fur, was simply because the English government had a monopoly on it. It was hard for the colonists to pay these taxes and it felt like their government left them sitting in the dark.
In addition, a way to show that England still did care about the settlers in the new world, they gave them a law called, ‘The Navigation Laws.’ Which required that the planters should buy from England all the European goods that might be needed, and should bring them over to Virginia in English ships. The effect was to compel the settlers to sell their tobacco at whatever price the English merchants were willing to pay out, and to buy their goods at whatever price the English merchant saw suitable to charge. English government shouldn’t be treating their people this way just because they are a 3 month trip away over water. These people still originated from England, their government should have cared for them more.
Nevertheless another tax came along. It was called the, “quitrent.” This is the origin of the modern system of land taxes in Virginia.
The quitrent was a land tax that the King originally imposed and that was regulated by acts of Parliament. The basic English land laws under which the people of colonial Virginia gained title to their land required the owners to pay to the English government a quitrent of two shillings for each hundred acres of land. If a landowner failed to pay the quitrent for a specific number of years, the English government had the right to take back the land and grant it or sell it to another person. The money raised by this tax went into the royal treasury and was used to pay the expenses of the royal government in the colony. The money being gained from these taxes were going right back to the government officials. The New World people weren’t receiving any benefit from these taxes.
Taxes in Virginia had gotten worse, even when the colony was in grave danger from all of the Native American attacks, Governor Berkeley didn’t let the people kill Indians. One of the reasons for this is because Governor Berkeley was gaining person wealth from trading with the Indians. With all of the selfishness of the government, it really looked like that their own government was against them.
Looking aside from all of these taxes, governor Berkeley without a doubt was still looking for ways to benefit himself. The way he did this without taxes was that he did not protect the new settled Virginia people from the savage Indians that were ruthlessly killing them. These Indians were killing indentured servants in planting fields but William Berkeley didn’t do anything about it because he wanted to keep having the people trading with the Indians because he benefited from it. Some would argue that the only reason why Berkeley did this was because he wanted the Native Americans to just get along to build the economy. Based on all that I’ve said before this, we all know Berkeley was thinking is, “Money talks.” Meaning that money is the only thing that is going to show his power, so that’s what he was headed for.
One man that was sick of the corruption in the government and the murderous Indians, his name was Nathaniel Bacon. He had sympathy for his fellow colonists and decided to take a stand against the Indians after they had killed a servant in his plantation. He took a stand for his colony and chose to call them on it. He was devoted to the pure patriotic liberty principle. Nathaniel Bacon did this by writing his own letter of complaints to King James. It was called, Nathaniel Bacon’s, ‘Declaration of the people.’
The following June Nathaniel Bacon assembled a group of five hundred men leading them into Jamestown in what comes to be known as bacon’s Rebellion. Nathaniel bacon had many supporters of his rebellion such as the Virginia planters. The Virginia planters supported this because their indentured servants were being killed in the planter fields.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/bacon.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805681.html
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/military/bacon.html
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/local/va20_coltax.htm
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