Good evening!
Listen, you NEED to vote for American Independence, and I'll tell you why right now if you stop calling me a pineapple.
Reason 1: Taxes! The British keep giving us these ridiculous taxes, almost as if they just want to prove that they can do whatever they want with us. What ridiculous taxes you say? Well, step into my lawyer's corner and I'll show you. The Stamp Act was one we couldn't stand, because it made us pay for ALL printed items! Unfair! And the Tea Act. Paying a tax for tea? I don't think so! Then, when they get mad at us for the Boston Tea Party, the British give us the Intolerable Acts.
Reason 2: We are fighting with them. The more battles we fight with the British, the more colonists will die in the attempt. Even if we win, we will suffer casualties. Look at the losses we've suffered already: 5 innocent in the Boston Massacre, 8 in Lexington plus more in Concord, and 400 in the Battle of Bunker Hill. We have to stop this, and the only way is to get away from them once and for all, because they refused our attempt at peace.
Reason 3: We're ready! We've had opportunities to almost govern ourselves, and we were good at it! We don't need Britain to take care of us anymore. We practically have a government set up already, with the Second Continental Congress. We are ready for Independance, so there's no reason to stay with the British anymore.
I hope you will see the way I do, and become a Patriot as well.
Love, Kristen
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
William Livingston
William Livingston
1. Livigngston was born in Albany, NY in 1723.
2. He attended Yale for a career in law.
3. He was in the Colonial Assembly of New York for 2 years.
4. Livingston moved to New Jersey in 1760 and retired on some land he bought, until the Revolutionary upsurge brought him back into government and politics.
5. In 1774, he became a member of the Committee of Correspondence for his county.
6. From 1774 to 1776 he attended the First and Second Continental Congresses.
7. After that, he commanded the New York militia in 1776.
8. He was elected governor of New York in 1776, and was reelected every year until he died in 1790, at age 67.
9. Livingston was present during the signing of the Constitution.
10. He married Susanna French in 1742 and had 13 children.
11. He founded a weekly newspaper in 1952 called the Independent Reflector, and became famous for the political essays he wrote in it.
1. Livigngston was born in Albany, NY in 1723.
2. He attended Yale for a career in law.
3. He was in the Colonial Assembly of New York for 2 years.
4. Livingston moved to New Jersey in 1760 and retired on some land he bought, until the Revolutionary upsurge brought him back into government and politics.
5. In 1774, he became a member of the Committee of Correspondence for his county.
6. From 1774 to 1776 he attended the First and Second Continental Congresses.
7. After that, he commanded the New York militia in 1776.
8. He was elected governor of New York in 1776, and was reelected every year until he died in 1790, at age 67.
9. Livingston was present during the signing of the Constitution.
10. He married Susanna French in 1742 and had 13 children.
11. He founded a weekly newspaper in 1952 called the Independent Reflector, and became famous for the political essays he wrote in it.
12. When he was 14, he spent a year with a missionary among the Mohawk Indians.
Monday, October 11, 2010
The Boston Massacre
In this picture, it isn't very easy to see exactly what happened in the Boston Massacre. To someone who hasen't heard of the Boston Massacre, it would just look like a group of British soldiers had lined up and attacked a group of unarmed American colonists. If I just heard the name "Boston Massacre" I would think it was some kind of war or battle that took place in Boston where many people were killed, and the same with "The Bloody Massacre". If I heard "The King Street Massacre", I might think that some crazy little man ran up and down King Street with a gun and shot and killed a whole bunch of innocent Sunday shoppers.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Week 2 Blog- Sons of Liberty
In this picture, the Sons of Liberty are portrayed as brave people. They would have to be brave to be surrounded by guns and knives like that and be completely unaffected. The author seems to be for the Sons of Liberty, because he is making them look like brave leader-ish people, plus there is a bright light coming out from behind them like "Yay the Sons are here! Cast your fear away!". In the picture, I like how you can't see the colonists' faces, which makes them look all fancy and mysterious. I also like how there are quite a lot of British redcoats but there are only 2 Sons of Liberty, and they don't look as fancy and schncronized as the British and their little matching outfits. What i DON'T like about the picture is that it is kind of hard to tell if the author likes or dislikes the Sons of Liberty, because he's making both sides loook pretty scary.
I probably would have joined the Sons of Liberty (if I was a son), because it seems like a fun little partay with every meeting. By that I mean you can protest things you don't like, and it actually works sometimes, plus you get to do all these fun activities with people who think like you do and want to change the way things are.
I probably would have joined the Sons of Liberty (if I was a son), because it seems like a fun little partay with every meeting. By that I mean you can protest things you don't like, and it actually works sometimes, plus you get to do all these fun activities with people who think like you do and want to change the way things are.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
About Me?
Hello People!
My name is Rafael Logens or something like that, but really, who cares what my name is?
Just kidding, my name is Kristen, but same thing really.
And i like chocolate! I like chocolate pudding, chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake, chocolate milk (Nesquick = yay), you get the idea. I have 3 cats and 1 unicorn. Okay, fine, I don't have a unicorn, but i WISH i did. I like to read but I'm a really slow reader which isn't as good as it seems. I wish I didn't drink so much juice, because when I drink too much juice, I get something I call "Juice overload" which hurts my tummy. :-( But i just <3 juice, so really, i can't do much about that situation.
I attend a lovely system of education called Boulan Park Middle School and I've been a part of it for quite a few years now. My house is made of bricks (I pinkie swear), but really that's all i want to say about where i live, besides the fact that I live in Michigan (home of the Pine trees). I enjoy several shindings such as music, potatoes, soap, movies, and metal sculptures of mythical creatures. But really what i enjoy most in life is eating, especially eating good food that comes in fancy restaurants. Fancy restaurants are also fun because the waiters call you "Miss" and talk all fancy-like. Plus, sometimes the menus are made of "Parchment", which is just an expensive word for old-looking paper.
Those are a few things about me, but it is truly hard to tell everything about someone in three paragraphs, and I'm certainly not going to write a 400 page novel on myself because even I wouldn't want to read THAT. I do apologize for the fact that this whole essay thingie is just a Mishmosh of various facts and comments, I wasn't exactly TRYING to have that happen, but sometimes things just work out like that.
Am I supposed to sign my name? Well I will, just in case.
Love, Kristen
My name is Rafael Logens or something like that, but really, who cares what my name is?
Just kidding, my name is Kristen, but same thing really.
And i like chocolate! I like chocolate pudding, chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake, chocolate milk (Nesquick = yay), you get the idea. I have 3 cats and 1 unicorn. Okay, fine, I don't have a unicorn, but i WISH i did. I like to read but I'm a really slow reader which isn't as good as it seems. I wish I didn't drink so much juice, because when I drink too much juice, I get something I call "Juice overload" which hurts my tummy. :-( But i just <3 juice, so really, i can't do much about that situation.
I attend a lovely system of education called Boulan Park Middle School and I've been a part of it for quite a few years now. My house is made of bricks (I pinkie swear), but really that's all i want to say about where i live, besides the fact that I live in Michigan (home of the Pine trees). I enjoy several shindings such as music, potatoes, soap, movies, and metal sculptures of mythical creatures. But really what i enjoy most in life is eating, especially eating good food that comes in fancy restaurants. Fancy restaurants are also fun because the waiters call you "Miss" and talk all fancy-like. Plus, sometimes the menus are made of "Parchment", which is just an expensive word for old-looking paper.
Those are a few things about me, but it is truly hard to tell everything about someone in three paragraphs, and I'm certainly not going to write a 400 page novel on myself because even I wouldn't want to read THAT. I do apologize for the fact that this whole essay thingie is just a Mishmosh of various facts and comments, I wasn't exactly TRYING to have that happen, but sometimes things just work out like that.
Am I supposed to sign my name? Well I will, just in case.
Love, Kristen
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