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March 25, 1765: John StaitonTheir enmity toward us lighted up so quickly like matchsticks. It was visible that they abhorred us so much. After the 7 years war as known as the French and Indian war, our @inancial suddenly decreased. We didn’t want to lose our colonies, so we sent ten thousand armies called red coats to America. However we needed lots of money to care them, because they ate a lot and wore a lot. When ever the British parliament came out with new tax law it made American crazier. I personally think we should have used violence or anything to keep them down and keep them away from rebelling.
I am 29 years old and I follow British monarchy and I’m always loyal to my country Britain. British parliament passed the stamp act and American people could not stand it. In my eyes they were just small bugs trying to survive. They were abject. Every time they tried to repeal it, it was abnegated. We were the best and we were undefeated. American was out of our eyes, they weren’t even rival of ours, it was just our colony.
All the news, licenses, document and all the printed-‐paper were taxed. We were desperate for money, after we moved to America we lacked money and this is what we chose to do. Before we tried something called sugar act. Americans took sugar as important thing in their life so we taxed it with higher price to gain money. However we had to repeal it cause they seemed poor to us. Then there is the stamp act, which was just passed. They were furious, everyone raised their voices and told speech about kicking us out of their land; they said we were some kind of tyrant. Americans called it the taxation without representation. They didn’t mind paying taxes to their own government because they elected them but they thought it was unfair paying to us. However our thoughts were different, our opinion was that we were the ruler and we had right to control them because we were always stronger than them.
Yesterday, I heard news that the Americans broke into the tax-‐collecting place and broke tax collectors belongings. That was when the British Parliament repealed the stamp act. There were bell ranging everywhere in the city, because the Americans were happy about the fact that they didn’t have to pay tax to us anymore. After this I kind of understood their feelings because they are weak, and miserable.
We still have lots of days left in our colony, America. We can still rule them and get a good control of them. Americans are vindictive and we have to be careful but the fact that we are the strongest will never change, because they are hopeless.
Thursday, February 27, 14
December 18, 1773: John StaitonThey were not ordinary snowballs those were deadly. The red coats were bombarded with hard snowball stuffed with ice, oyster shell, and stone. I wasn’t there and didn’t see it with my own eyes but I heard there was a @ight between the red coats and townspeople. This happened 3 years ago, I can’t remember the exact date but it was like March 5th.
It was somber outside, cold and snowy. A boy came along and began shouting insults at the soldier. The soldier dashed out of his box and hit the boy with his musket. Then the boy ran away crying. But soon he came back with his friends and threw snowball at the guard. Stupid kids, if I just think about those kids I can’t control my anger and beast living inside me. Anyway, red coats loaded their gun and aimed at them. But captain Thomas Preston came and told the kids to go home. However they did not. They kept on insulting them, so the soldiers shot their musket and 5 were dead. Why only @ive? They should have just massacred them and show them they can’t insult us never again.
I’m 37 years old. I thought the American would be quiet after the Boston @ight, which ended with our victory. But they did another stupid thing. When three British ships were coming with 90,000 pounds of tea the Americans were there waiting. After the Boston massacre, parliament had repealed the Townshend act, except for the tax on tea. Tea was the only British product that the Americans refused to buy. Our great prime minister thought that if the Americans had no other choice they would buy the tea imported from Britain. Americans were outraged, about this fact. Did they think they could beat us, with military? That night Americans dressed up as Indians and entered the ship. Then disguised Americans dumped all the tea out of the ships. This happened in December 18, 1773, and they call it the Boston tea party.
After the Boston tea party my majesty was furious, how dare this happen. So the parliament passed new laws designed to govern the colonies more strictly than ever. This was what we wanted. Americans were suffering and they called it the intolerable act. I was so happy about the fact that we were ruling them; I wanted to call it the best act.
By, now war seemed certain. The Americans knew that we could crush their militia. So they did what weak people do, unite. Delegates from all the colonies were invited to Philadelphia, and this was the @irst continental congress. On September 5, 1774, @ifty-‐six delegates met, and including John Adams. There was a huge discrepancy between two opinions. One was @ighting for independence, which was stupid, and the other one was having a peace with us. But they chose to @ight for freedom.
Freedom, and independence are bad word for the colonies. They are never getting it and they won’t even get close to it.
Thursday, February 27, 14
July 6th 1776: John Staiton
Our troops were leading the war, until they reached Concord. On the way there was a @ight, at Lexington. 8 colonists were dead and 1 British soldier was hurt. However when we reached Concord they attacked us with stronger force. This @ight ended with their victory. 73 British soldiers were dead, 26 missing and 174 were hurt. However the colonists had 49 killed, 5 missing and 41 wounded. This war happened because in April 1775 general Thomas Gage received orders to enforce the Coercive acts, with force if necessary.
By late spring 1776, John Adams had concluded that the colonies needed new form of government. Still, Adams felt he could not propose independence, as he feared conservatives would defeat it. Adams wanted a unanimous vote, but the debate showed that some colonies still opposed the idea. He agreed to postpone the vote. Soon after the approval of the Declaration, Congress received some good news. France and Spain had agreed to help the colonists. They were helping because they didn’t like us because we were the number ones in whole entire Europe.
One year passed and John Adams had concluded that the colonies needed to be separate from Britain. After they even declared independence. The document Jefferson wrote has resonated through the ages. It was hard to get a copy of it but I f got it. The opening of the document explained why the document was made. The congress appointed meeting and told Thomas Jefferson to write the document. The document was not the @inalize version, Adam and Franklin had made changes on Jefferson’s work and re published it. The document included that they had their natural right that cannot be taken away from us. It also said that if we keep on threatening them they would make a new government that will be safe and responsible of caring them. On July second, twelve colonies approved the resolution; its assembly had instructed its delegates not to approve independence, but less than two weeks they also agreed on the independence. Freedom was a happy word for the colony but it was also frightening too.
In the spring of 1777, the British army launched two new assaults. But they were planned separately and were not coordinated. General John Burgoyne led the northern attack.
After the help from French and Spain the colonists are growing their power, we need to stop them and colonize them before they get too strong.
Thursday, February 27, 14
October 21st 1781: John StaitonAgain, bell was ringing in the city like last time when stamp act was repealed; next motion I took was blocking my ear. Cacophony, worst thing I can hear with my ear, Americans celebrating. Enmity and hatred toward the Americans took over me and I had to calm down. I didn’t know what I was going to do next. How cans this happen? We had the strongest army in the world but how. I’m pretty sure it’s because the French army helped the Americans. . Like me lots of other Britain couldn’t believe it, we wanted to take it as false and just laugh but it wasn’t easy for us.
Cornwallis launched a Virginia campaign. His 7500 men carried out raids, harassing our enemy whenever they could. By August 1781 Cornwallis had reached the Yorktown. American moved quickly to surround and contains us. Soon after, French forces joined them. In a September naval battle near Yorktown, the French defeated our @leet of ships. Why are the French helping the Americans, I’m pretty sure they are interested in the colony too. Anyway, that was not the end. The British could not help Cornwallis army escape or bring reinforcements. By late September, Washington reached the area with more army. His men were 16000 and Cornwallis was only 8000. At October Cornwallis could not tolerate it and he picked up white @lag.
When the Revolution began we had the strongest army in the world. I’m not exaggerating it, we had it, and we had power. However why, how? Our army was all experienced unlike Americans militia. We had a strong supporter too, the king. We had huge amount of economic resources and my majesty taxed the Americans to support us. But the colonies had to make a government, army, money, they started from bottom but we were at top. At the end it was their victory. I can’t accept the result, Cornwallis why did you surrender.
One day, my friend told me some @law in our military. This was a new fact I learned. We never had clear strategy that can crush the American, so this ruined our self. Our military plan was always outdated because it took such a long time to send messages; if we had a plan the Americans changed their plan. We didn’t know that we were not united until the war was over. We thought we were united but some British parliament had opposed the policies of the government. At last our biggest reason was because we didn’t have clear reason of winning the war. We just wanted America and wanted them to abandon independence but they were different. They were @ighting for their life, for survival.
The war has @inally ended and I’m still not happy about the result. However I accept it because I’m innate British gentleman. We still have lots of days to colonize them, so we will never give up.
Thursday, February 27, 14
November 7th 1783: John StaitonIndependence a desperate word for the Americans but also a threatening word. They were now independent from us and they had their new way of living. One day my friend visited my home, he was an American but he heard both side of Britain and Americans opinion. He had a big smile on his face; it was obvious why he had it. First thing he talked about was treaty of Paris. He was so happy about the fact we were now peace and the war was over. But I have no remorse or I’m not disappointed at our soldiers. Now whole city is different from when the war was still going.
It is clear that we lost the war to America. After the war both Britain and American were in huge debt, our economies were collapsing. We are now working to get our power back and @inancial. Although we lost, I think it was a good try.
The treaty was @inalized by November. We granted the Untied States all the land east of the Mississippi river. The treaty of Paris required us Britain to abandon our forts in the western land, but it wasn’t easy for us. So we were @inding ways to keep the land we wanted. Americans had not met their own treaty obligations. After all, debtors were not paying the money they owed to British merchants, and we loyalists were not being compensated for lost property. We said that until these problems were solved we were not going to leave the forts. The other dispute was with Spain. So John Jay worked out a treaty with Spain that regained American’s access to the river.
The result of the war is not satisfying but there’s nothing we can do about it. That is our destiny and it’s how it is suppose to be. Now I’m looking out the window watching kids running around happily. I couldn’t see that smile when the war was still on. This revolutionary war changed lots of thought of mine. I always thought power and wealth was the best but for Americans independence was @irst thing. I don’t know how much is left with my life but I’ll use it freely and have freedom. Who ever read my journal I hope you could learn the moral from it.
Thursday, February 27, 14