AmericanGirl

Systems -- 06-06-08

2008-06-06T11:35:45-05:00

Hello everyone! I'm going to tell you about systems. There are different types of systems. One is the ENVIRONMENT system. There are small things in the forests, oceans, and even your own yard. A little tree could help the evironment. It provides shelter, and it's helpful for little creatures to hide away from predators. It also gives other animal like, deer to eat and be healthy. That little tree helps birds, squirrels, and all other animals to live. If they didn't live, we wouldn't have as good a forest as we do now. That's just one thing that's a great help to the entire forest. You can help the ocean by picking up litter so the fish and other sea creatures don't get that in them and KILL them. That goes for the forest and your yard also. You could also do things to help your yard. The things you use to keep animals away are harmful. Make sure that the things you use are safe to ALL animals. That's all I have to say right now.

AmericanGirl

Memorial Weekend -- 05-27-08

2008-05-27T13:24:53-05:00

Hey everyone! I'm going to tell you what I did on memorial weekend! First, I had Taryn spend the night @ my house! Then the next day, my cousins came to my house and played outside with the neighbors. On Sunday, I played out side with two of the neighbors and went to the park and made flower chain hats. On Monday(our day off!) I played with my friend that lives two houses away. Then we went to the park and had a picnic and read some books.(I forgot the titles!) Then we played at the park. I spun like crazy on the tire swing. Then I went home and went to my friends house to eat dinner. Me and my mom came. I brought my bubbles, but then I accidentily spilt bubbles on the floor. My friend got kind of mad but then I said, It'll wash out, It's basicly soapy water. Then we took her dog for a walk, and when I got back, We left to my cousins house and played with the bubbles.
The End.
-AmericanGirl
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S.A -- 05-22-08

2008-05-22T14:25:23-05:00

“Taxation without Representation!”
By: AmericanGirl

In 1662 King Charles granted a charter to Connecticut colony giving the colonist the rights to make their own laws (Speare, 70). Assemblies elected by the colonists make laws set tales, and raised companies of troops called militia to defend the colonies (Carter, 8) 1687, King James wanted British parliament to make laws for the colonists (Speare, 70).

In 1765, British parliament could make laws for the colonists. The king needed to pay for the French and Indian war so he made laws to tax the colonists (Harcourt, 266)
The king started the sugar, act in 1764 (Harcourt, 272).

“This tariff angered the colonists. But what bothered them most was that they had had no part in making this tax law” (Harcourt, 272). The king and British parliament all had say in passing the laws. “Unlike other British citizens, the colonists could not elect law makers… but parliament was quick to remind colonists they were British subjects.” (Harcourt, 263)

The stamp act was another blow to the colonists democratic ideals. The colonists had been practicing self-government, separate from the king for years (Harcourt, 263). They collected their own taxes to pay for services in the colonies (Carter, 8).

The stamp act of 1765 was another attempt by parliament to get the war dept. “The new tax laws angered the people in the colonies” (January,6). The stamp act required colonists to pay for a stamp (to show they paid the tax) On all paper goods like newspaper, mail, cards, and normal paper.
“ Parliament added these new laws to show they could still make laws for the colonists” (Harcourt, 277). The stamp act congress met to get the act repealed. James Otis said the famous quote “No taxation without representation”(Harcourt, 274). These British laws were directly opposed to the self-government. The colonists had been practicing for over 100 YEARS!
The colonists did not get to elect representatives into British parliament. “They did not have any say in the tax laws they were being forced to pay. The king made a third law that angered the colonists, the tax on tea, 1773. The colonists believed in democracy” (Harcourt, 263). The colonists were not represented in British parliament and believed the only way to ensure their rights were to fight for them. The colonists dressed up as Indians and went down to the water (Maestro, 7) to dump all the tea into the water to prove a point of there freedom.
The colonists were British citizens living in America. When the British was trampling their rights by the sugar act, the stamp act, and the tax on tea, they first appealed to the king and parliament. When that didn’t work they protested. Eventually the rally cry of “No taxation without representation.” “The congress sent an appeal for peace and Harmony to king George that parliament get rid of all the un-constitutional laws controlling America” (Schanzer, 27). Would lead the colonists to fight for their freedom. The colonists wanted a true represented government.

In 1773, The Tax On Tea, leads to the Boston Tea Party. The colonists threw all of the tea in the Harbor. The colonists were tired of taxes. They put their foot down and got ready. They disguised themselves as Indians so they wouldn’t get caught as they were throwing the tea into the Harbor. (Maestro, 7) But the King won’t be happy when he here’s the news. But the colonists want to send a message, that the want to be free.

In 1776, in the revolutionary war, British colonists fight Britain for the right to become American citizens and be truly free.

References:
By: AmericanGirl

Carter, Alden. “The American Revolution.”
New York: Franklin Watts, 1992.

Harcourt Brace. “We The People; Early United States.”
Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company, 2000.

January, Brendan. “The Revolutionary War.”
New York: Children’s Press, 2000.

Maestro, Betsy. “Liberty or Death; The American Revolution 1763-1783.” New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.

Schanzer, Rosalyn. “George vs. George; The American Revolution as seen from Both Sides.” Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2000.

Speare, Elizabeth George. “The Witch of Blackbird Pond.” New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc, 1958.

Witch Of Blackbird Pond -- 05-01-08

2008-05-01T14:23:42-05:00

There is a book that we have to read. It is called Witch Of Blackbird Pond. It is about a girl named Kit Tyler who had to move from her house in Barbados to Wethersfield, Connecticut. She was used to being treated like royalty. But When she gets there she has to do chores. There is also a boy named William Ashbey that falls in love with Kit. But Kit's cousin, Judith first liked him but then william Liked Kit. So Judith Started Liking Someone else Kit Liked. That persons name is Jhon Holbrook. Also, Kit is a Loyalist but her aunt and uncle and there family are all patriots. Jhon is also a patriot. But the former preacher, Reverend Bulkey, at the church is a Loyalist. William is a Loyalist as well. Things were very different back then. Their meals will be only one single thing. As of now, our meals are usually, a main dish, side dish, and/or vegetable. Also, they have to grow their food or raise their food(raising as in raising cows). It takes most likely a WHOLE DAY to prepare the food. That is all I have to share right now! Come back for more!

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