Loyalism vs. Patriotism, 1760s & 1770s Brainstorming

Dialogue / Mini Play

+ Wife = Loyalist
+ Husband = Patriot

Character Development : New England Merchant

Characters:
+ Wife: Elizabeth Ann James [Age 27]
+ Husband: Andrew Owen James [Age 31]

Wife = Housewife
Husband = New England Merchant

Lived in the southern side of New York where both Patriots and Loyalists lived.
Status: Upper Middle Class [Above Average]

Informational List of Sites

The American Revolution

Midterm Practice 2

"Fear [sic], and Liberty are consistent...Liberty and Necessity are Consistent..."(Thomas Hobbes). Could it be? Is fear, liberty, and necessity always present? I believe that this is so because everyone has fear and necessities as well as liberty. Perhaps people may fear bugs, spiders, high places, bad driving, guns, animals, water, failure, etc. The necessities of many, may be material things such as money, cars, food, education, etc., but may also be intangible items such as love, care, and those type of things that aware the person that he/she is important. Liberty can also be a necessity, and is constantly present. Liberty grants a person independence and freedom, permitting that person to do whatever he/she wants as long as this freedom is not abused. Fear, Necessity, and liberty are consistent because everyone fears, needs, and has freedom, whether they like it or not because its our own human nature.

I agree with the well-known philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, because everyone does has fear, everyone needs necessities to live, and everyone has freedom. The way human beings were created, from the very beginning, was with feelings such as love, hope, fear, anxiety, jealousy, etc. Also, everyone has necessities in life, whether they truly need it or not. For example, to survive in this world, money is a major necessity. In order to survive, one must eat, in order to eat, one must have money to buy the food. There is also shelter that is needed as well as transportation. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a.k.a the UDHR, is what allows each and every individual to have liberty. It states in the UDHR in Article 1, that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." It also states, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person." This means that everyone is equal, there is no greater person. Although there are those who may seem "better", meaning they have money, education, nice cars, a fancy house, etc., those people still have the same rights as a hobo living on the streets may have. Therefore, because I see fear and liberty present in the lives of everyone today, I agree with the statement of Thomas Hobbes.

Thomas Hobbes says, "Fear, and Liberty are consistent....And generally all actions which men do in Common-wealths, for fear of the law, are actions, which the doers had liberty to omit." When he says this, he means that the members within the civil society, Common-wealth, are bound to this society by covenant, and has given up their individual rights to become part of this society. Therefore, because they are bound, they fear the law, and although they may have given up their rights to become part of the society, they are granted separate rights within the body as well as contributions. Hobbes believes that the natural condition of man is also part of the fear and liberty that are consistent. The natural condition of man is that man fears the things they are bound to because they are restrained; that is where the liberty comes in, so that man will not be completely restrained. This philosopher also states, "Liberty and Necesssity are Consistent. Because they proceed from their will, proceed from liberty; and yet, because every act of man's will, and every desire, and inclination proceeds from some cause, and that from another cause, in a continual chain, (whose first link in the hand of God the first of all causes,) they proceed from necessity." Thomas means that because of the liberty man has, necessities are formed to which becomes a desire. When he describes the continual chain, he means that from one necessity, comes another, and then another, and so on and so forth. The endless chain of desires will go on, started from the first desire caused and granted by God. God has the power to stop this chain, but he continues this desire because of the free will that man has been granted by the grace of God.

My beliefs, stimulated by Thomas Hobbes, are that fear, Necessity, and liberty are consistent because everyone fears, needs, and has freedom. Fear and liberty present in the lives of everyone today, because of the natural condition of man as well as free will. Once again, the natural condition of man is that man fears the things they are bound to because they are restrained. Liberty controls that restraint making it more "lenient". As mentioned before, God has the power to stop this, but every individual is granted free will, by God. This is why there are Christians as well as non-believers. God allows every person to choose whether they believe in Him or not. No one is controlled by anyone, but follow guidelines and promises made by that person.

Essay #1 Reflection Post

Honestly, overall I think I could have spent more time on the essay. I do believe that I did use my time wisely during class, trying to research useful information instead of myspacing, e-mailing, facebooking, etc., but at home I could have spent more time editing my essay. So overall I think I deserve a low passing/passing grade. I have learned that my writing process is very routine-like. I tend to just do what I am suppose to do and that is about it. I rarely tried to achieve beyond the minimum requirements unless I "felt" like it. First I would start off with a title, then think about what the objective is, and go on from there. Only when needed have I actually made an outline, but even the outline would not be very organized, unless I was given specific questions to answer in a guideline on what should be in my outline. When I had been attending Seattle Prep, the class was given a very specific and detailed guideline to follow. Only then was my outline organized and well-developed, and from there I would put together an essay. As mentioned in my Writing-Philosophy post, I learned and developed writing skills for different types of writing styles such as persuasive writing, narrative writing, descriptive writing, expository writing, and argumentative writing. But I am more accustomed to writing persuasive, descriptive, and narrative writing. Although in my post it says that I actually do plan before I write, for this essay I do not think I spent much time planning as much as I should have. If I were to actually go back to blogger and re-read this blog post as well as follow it, I am sure that my writing would have been a bit better. I have learned that although the specifics and details have been laid out for me to just follow in high school, college is much more different because in college, it is all about me where I must make my own guidelines to follow and I must put in my own details and specifics in order to do well. I get to choose the amount of time I want or do not want to spend, so the writing is reflected on how much time I, myself, have put into it. If I had asked questions like, "Have I put much thought into my essay? Did I spend a good amount of time trying to revise it? Did I get other opinions and advice/help on whether or not it was well-developed?", again, I think the essay would have been a lot better. The changes I plan to make next time is to revisit my blogger and try to follow the guidelines that I have made for myself as well as asking the questions above, and spending a lot more time at home revising and editing.

History Essay Final Draft

Angela Kim

October 18, 2007

Writing 101

History Essay Final Draft

Bacon’s Rebellion - Class

A life not held in one’s hand, but within a label determined all. During the time of Bacon's Rebellion, class distinctions have been a key source of determining who did what, meaning, the status that a person obtained decided where and how that person would live and work. Bacon's Rebellion “was brought on by a growing shortage of available land and the colony's complicated relations with both friendly and hostile tribes of Native Americans” (http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/sim/15005.html). According to Monica R. Gisolfi, historian of Columbia American History, "the rebellion was one that pitted the colony's wealthy planters against its growing numbers of poor, landless men who had served out their term as indentured servants and were eager to begin their independent lives. There was simply nowhere for landless men to establish residency except farther west, in territory inhabited by Indians” (http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/sim/15005.html). Although class is an important part of one's life, back in the time of Bacon's Rebellion, it was THE key to life because it determined one's identity and future.

Class distinctions influenced the base support for Bacon and colonial authorities because the status and position for a certain person during the time of Bacon’s Rebellion, was determined by that person’s race, class, education, wealth, family, etc. Two major characters of Bacon's Rebellion were Governor Sir William Berkeley and Nathaniel Bacon. Governor Sir William Berkeley was a veteran of the English Civil Wars, a frontier Indian fighter, a King’s favorite in his first term as Governor in the 1640s, a playwright, and a scholar. Concluding from this brief description of Governor Berkeley, one would obviously see that he was a member of the "elite" group. Nathanial Bacon was troublemaker and schemer, but he was also quite intelligent and eloquent, which by the way he was also Berkeley’s cousin by marriage. Although Bacon is not part of such a high stature as Berkeley may be, Bacon was still living a “better” life than most during this time. A mishmash of the different classes caused an uprising that was meant to “correct” the colonists’ injustices, which has shown the struggles people dealt with due to their race and class. What I wondered most about this was, what makes the “elite” think that the colonists had done wrong, where they feel the need to “correct” them? Not only that, but how did they determine whether or not the colonists did do wrong or right? In my opinion, I believe that once power was given to those of the higher class, they took advantage of that power and bossed the colonists around because they were inferior to them.

The elite became instigators because they believed that they had the right to “pick on” those who were beneath them, which caused a feud to arise. They may be of a higher social class than other people, but there was no need for them to flaunt and boast about it. These difficulties encouraged the colonists to find a scapegoat to put all their frustrations on and place the blame for their misfortunes. First came the elite, then the colonists, and then the Indians. Unfortunately, colonists found their scapegoat in the form of the local Indians. Because the colonists had been treated badly by the higher class, they started to treat the Indians the exact same way. I believe that the way people are treated, shapes and forms the way they treat others. For example, the way an individual thinks, talks, walks, basically does, was all influenced by the surroundings they had been exposed to in life. Those that are favored are spared. Bacon believed that Governor Berkeley had played favorites, so he reported the Governor publicly. Before that, Berkeley had “denied him a commission as a leader in the local militia” (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html), so he was already pretty ticked off. Eventually, they went off to their separate ways and Bacon was “elected General of a group of local volunteer Indian fighters because he promised to bear the cost of the campaigns” (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html).

The people needed a leader to let their voices be heard, and so Bacon was a man "for" the people, while Berkeley was a man "for" the government. Although “Berkeley’s policy was to preserve the friendship and loyalty of the subject Indians while assuring the settlers that they were not hostile” (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html), things just did not turn out the way he wanted things to be. In order to resolve the issue, Berkeley called for an assembly known as the “Long Assembly”, in March 1676. Unfortunately, it was accused of corruption because of its ruling regarding trade with the Indians. Berkeley was not necessarily a bad person; he was just a man of power and many ideas, who did not really know how to use them in a way that would satisfy everyone.

The intentions of both Bacon and Berkeley may have been good at the beginning, but this rebellion nearly caused the destruction of the Chesapeake society. “What began as an external conflict with the American Indians, rapidly developed into a domestic insurrection among predominantly western settlers who rejected the accommodationist policies of the eastern establishment” (Washburn, Wilcomb E. The Governor and the Rebel: A History of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia. 1957). Many of the colonial authorities favored slavery because they thought it ensured a more stable and free society. But of course, for the slaves, they would disagree because they are the ones doing all the hard work. Not only that, but slaves also were not given many rights or freedom. So then why would the authorities believe that slavery made a more free society?

As I have mentioned before, in Modern life today, class still plays a major role because the class distinctions label who a person may be on the “outside”. It is said that “one’s class is determined largely by: occupation, education and qualifications, income, personal, household and per capita, wealth or net worth, including ownership of land, property, means of production, etc” (William Lloyd Warner Social Class in America, 1949). For example, if there was a job opening at Boeing for one position, and there were two applicants that qualified; one from white center who graduated from public schools, and one from Medina who graduated from Lakeside, who would they give the job to? The obvious choice to go with would be the one living in Medina because he/she has a higher status, good family background, and a better education. To others, the “better” one would be classified as the upper middle class or upper class, while the other person would be the lower middle class or working class. According to my research, the different stages/types of classes that made sense to me were: upper class, upper middle class, lower middle class, working class, and lower class. The upper class is for those big hot shots; some of the elite groups during the 17^th century would belong to this class, and if not, then to the upper middle class. The lower middle class and working class would be the colonists. Lastly, the lower class would be the Indians.

For those that belonged to the lower side of the bar, they had to endure through many hardships; not by choice. If one was born from a slave, their whole life will be tough because of their family background and status. If one was born from one of those who belonged to the elite, their whole life will have many easy-way-outs. The life that one lived during Bacon’s Rebellion was all determined by class at the instant of when you were born. And even someone with great power can not change the way things were by themselves. Even now, the decided class that a person is placed in can say a lot about that one person.

History Essay Rough Draft #2

Angela Kim

October 15, 2007

Writing 101

History Essay Rough Draft #2

Bacon’s Rebellion - Class

During the time of Bacon's Rebellion, class distinctions have been a key source of determining who did what, meaning, the status that a person obtained decided where and how that person would live and work. Bacon's Rebellion “was brought on by a growing shortage of available land and the colony's complicated relations with both friendly and hostile tribes of Native Americans." According to Monica R. Gisolfi, historian of Columbia American History, "the rebellion was one that pitted the colony's wealthy planters against its growing numbers of poor, landless men who had served out their term as indentured servants and were eager to begin their independent lives. There was simply nowhere for landless men to establish residency except farther west, in territory inhabited by Indians. (http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/sim/15005.html).” Although class is an important part of one's life, back in the time of Bacon's Rebellion, it was THE key to life because it determined one's identity and future.

Class distinctions influenced the base support for Bacon and colonial authorities because the status and position for a certain person during the time of Bacon’s Rebellion, was determined by that person’s race, class, education, wealth, family, etc. Two major characters of Bacon's Rebellion were Governor Sir William Berkeley and Nathaniel Bacon. Governor Sir William Berkeley was a veteran of the English Civil Wars, a frontier Indian fighter, a King’s favorite in his first term as Governor in the 1640s, a playwright, and a scholar. Concluding from this brief description of Governor Berkeley, one would obviously see that he was a member of the "elite" group. Nathanial Bacon was troublemaker and schemer, but he was also quite intelligent and eloquent, which by the way he was also Berkeley’s cousin by marriage. Although Bacon is not part of such a high stature as Berkeley may be, Bacon was still living a “better” life than most during this time. A mishmash of the different classes caused an uprising that was meant to “correct” the colonists’ injustices, which has shown the struggles people dealt with due to their race and class. What I wondered most about this was, what makes the “elite” think that the colonists had done wrong, where they feel the need to “correct” them? Not only that, but how did they determine whether or not the colonists did do wrong or right? In my opinion, I believe that once power was given to those of the higher class, they took advantage of that power and bossed the colonists around because they were inferior to them.

The elite became instigators because they believed that they had the right to “pick on” those who were beneath them, which caused a feud to arise. They may be of a higher class than others, but no need to get cocky and conceited about it. These difficulties encouraged the colonists to find a scapegoat to put all their frustrations on and place the blame for their misfortunes. First came the elite, then the colonists, and then the Indians. Unfortunately, colonists found their scapegoat in the form of the local Indians. Because the colonists had been treated badly by the higher class, they started to treat the Indians the exact same way. I believe that the way people are treated, shapes and forms the way they treat others. For example, the way an individual thinks, talks, walks, basically does, was all influenced by the surroundings they had been exposed to in life. Those that are favored are spared. Bacon believed that Governor Berkeley had played favorites, so he reported the Governor publicly. Before that, Berkeley had “denied him a commission as a leader in the local militia (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html)”, so he was already pretty ticked off. Eventually, they went off to their separate ways and Bacon was “elected General of a group of local volunteer Indian fighters because he promised to bear the cost of the campaigns (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html).”

The people needed a leader to let their voices be heard, and so Bacon was a man "for" the people, while Berkeley was a man "for" the government. Although “Berkeley’s policy was to preserve the friendship and loyalty of the subject Indians while assuring the settlers that they were not hostile (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html),” things just did not turn out the way he wanted things to be. In order to resolve the issue, Berkeley called for an assembly known as the “Long Assembly”, in March 1676. Unfortunately, it was accused of corruption because of its ruling regarding trade with the Indians. Berkeley was not necessarily a bad person; he was just a man of power and many ideas, who did not really know how to use them in a way that would satisfy everyone.

The intentions of both Bacon and Berkeley may have been good at the beginning, but this rebellion nearly caused the destruction of the Chesapeake society. “What began as an external conflict with the American Indians, rapidly developed into a domestic insurrection among predominantly western settlers who rejected the accommodationist policies of the eastern establishment (http://www.bookrags.com/research/bacons-rebellion-aaw-01).” Many of the colonial authorities favored slavery because they thought it ensured a more stable and free society. But of course, for the slaves, they would disagree because they are the ones doing all the hard work. Not only that, but slaves also were not given many rights or freedom. So then why would the authorities believe that slavery made a more free society?

As I have mentioned before, in Modern life today, class still plays a major role because the class distinctions label who a person may be on the “outside”. It is said that “one’s class is determined largely by: occupation, education and qualifications, income, personal, household and per capita, wealth or net worth, including ownership of land, property, means of production, etc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class).” For example, if there was a job opening at Boeing for one position, and there were two applicants that qualified; one from white center who graduated from public schools, and one from Medina who graduated from Lakeside, who would they give the job to? The obvious choice to go with would be the one living in Medina because he/she has a higher status, good family background, and a better education. To others, the “better” one would be classified as the upper middle class or upper class, while the other person would be the lower middle class or working class. According to my research, the different stages/types of classes that made sense to me were: upper class, upper middle class, lower middle class, working class, and lower class. The upper class is for those big hot shots; some of the elite groups during the 17^th century would belong to this class, and if not, then to the upper middle class. The lower middle class and working class would be the colonists. Lastly, the lower class would be the Indians.

For those that belonged to the lower side of the bar, they had to endure through many hardships; not by choice. If one was born from a slave, their whole life will be tough because of their family background and status. If one was born from one of those who belonged to the elite, their whole life will have many easy-way-outs. The life that one lived during Bacon’s Rebellion was all determined by class at the instant of when you were born. And even someone with great power can not change the way things were by themselves. Even now, the decided class that a person is placed in can say a lot about that one person.

History Essay Rough Draft #1

Angela Kim

October 15, 2007

Writing 101

History Essay Rough Draft #1

Bacon’s Rebellion - Class

Over the years, class distinctions have been a key source of determining who does what. Even now, in modern day, class distinctions are still a major part of lives everywhere. During the time of Bacon’s Rebellion, the status that a person obtained decided where and how that person would live and work. “Bacon’s rebellion illustrated the tensions between white and Indian, planter and slave, and have and have-not in the colony, tensions made worse by an economic depression that must have seemed without end (http://www.cliffnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Chesapeake-Colonies-Virginia-Maryland.topicArticleId-25073.articleId-25011.html).” Although class, now, is determined by status and education, back then, it was based upon the family/group you were born in to.

Class distinctions influenced the base support for Bacon and colonial authorities because the status and position for a certain person during the time of Bacon’s Rebellion, was determined by that person’s race, class, education, wealth, family, etc. Governor Sir William Berkeley was a veteran of the English Civil Wars, a frontier Indian fighter, a King’s favorite in his first term as Governor in the 1640s, a playwright, and a scholar. Therefore, Governor Berkeley would be known as part of the elite. Nathanial Bacon was troublemaker and schemer, but he was also quite intelligent and eloquent, which by the way he was also Berkeley’s cousin by marriage. Although Bacon is not part of such a high stature as Berkeley may be, Bacon was still living a “better” life. A mishmash of the different classes caused an uprising that was meant to “correct” the colonists’ injustices, “which caused feelings that were both “anti-aristocrat” and “anti-Indian” that shows the struggles people felt due to their race and their class (http://www.helium.com/tm/440347/bacons-rebellion-place-during).” What I wonder most about this was, what makes the “elite” think that the colonists had done wrong, where they feel the need to “correct” them? Not only that, but how did they determine whether or not the colonists did do wrong or right? In my opinion, I believe that once power was given to those of the higher class, they took advantage of that power and bossed the colonists around because they were inferior to them.

The elite became instigators because they believed that they had the right to “pick on” those who were beneath them, which caused a feud to arise. They may be of a higher class than others, but no need to get cocky and conceited about it. These difficulties encouraged the colonists to find a scapegoat to put all their frustrations on and place the blame for their misfortunes. First came the elite, then the colonists, and then the Indians. Unfortunately, colonists found their scapegoat in the form of the local Indians. Because the colonists had been treated badly by the higher class, they started to treat the Indians the exact same way. I believe that the way people are treated, shapes and forms the way they treat others. For example, if a child had been abused by their parents, as that child grows up and becomes a parent of its own offspring, most likely the baby will also get abused. In the parent’s mind, they believe that that is the only way to punish their kid because that is the way that that parent had been punished when growing up. Those that are favored are spared. Bacon believed that Governor Berkeley had played favorites, so he reported the Governor publicly. Before that, Berkeley had “denied him a commission as a leader in the local militia (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html)”, so he was already pretty ticked off. Eventually, they went off to their separate ways and Bacon was “elected General of a group of local volunteer Indian fighters because he promised to bear the cost of the campaigns (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html).”

The people needed a leader to let their voices be heard, and so Bacon was a man for the people, while Berkeley was a man for the government. Although “Berkeley’s policy was to preserve the friendship and loyalty of the subject Indians while assuring the settlers that they were not hostile (http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/BacRebel.html),” things just did not turn out the way he wanted things to be. In order to resolve the issue, Berkeley called for an assembly known as the “Long Assembly”, in March 1676. Unfortunately, it was accused of corruption because of its ruling regarding trade with the Indians. Berkeley was not necessarily a bad person; he was just a man of power and many ideas, who did not really know how to use them in a way that would satisfy everyone.

The intentions of both Bacon and Berkeley may have been good at the beginning, but this rebellion nearly caused the destruction of the Chesapeake society. “What began as an external conflict with the American Indians, rapidly developed into a domestic insurrection among predominantly western settlers who rejected the accommodationist policies of the eastern establishment (http://www.bookrags.com/research/bacons-rebellion-aaw-01).” Many of the colonial authorities favored slavery because they thought it ensured a more stable and free society. But of course, for the slaves, they would disagree because they are the ones doing all the hard work. Not only that, but slaves also were not given many rights or freedom. So then why would the authorities believe that slavery made a more free society?

As I have mentioned before, in Modern life today, class still plays a major role because the class distinctions label who a person may be on the “outside”. It is said that “one’s class is determined largely by: occupation, education and qualifications, income, personal, household and per capita, wealth or net worth, including ownership of land, property, means of production, etc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class).” For example, if there was a job opening at Boeing for one position, and there were two applicants that qualified; one from white center who graduated from public schools, and one from Medina who graduated from Lakeside, who would they give the job to? The obvious choice to go with would be the one living in Medina because he/she has a higher status, good family background, and a better education. To others, the “better” one would be classified as the upper middle class or upper class, while the other person would be the lower middle class or working class. According to my research, the different stages/types of classes that made sense to me were: upper class, upper middle class, lower middle class, working class, and lower class. The upper class is for those big hot shots; some of the elite groups during the 17^th century would belong to this class, and if not, then to the upper middle class. The lower middle class and working class would be the colonists. Lastly, the lower class would be the Indians.

For those that belonged to the lower side of the bar, they had to endure through many hardships; not by choice. If one was born from a slave, their whole life will be tough because of their family background and status. If one was born from one of those who belonged to the elite, their whole life will have many easy-way-outs. The life that one lived during Bacon’s Rebellion was all determined by class at the instant of when you were born. And even someone with great power can not change the way things were by themselves. Even now, the decided class that a person is placed in can say a lot about that one person.

1st Quarter: AOD Blog #2

According to my research on India's constitution, it is quite similar to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Part III of India's constitution is all about fundamental rights. Article 14 and 15 deals with equality: equality before the law, and Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. These articles clearly states that everyone has a right to equality and that the state will not deny it. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, articles 1, 2, 7, and 21 also deal with equality. The articles listed entitles everyone to all rights and freedoms set in the UDHR without any discrimination. These articles mainly stuck out to me because of the key word "equality". I absolutely hate it when things are unfair, especially in sports, games, etc. Not only that, but I also hate it when people exclude others or something like that, because of their race, sex, religion, etc. We were taught in history that many settlers/colonists wanted Natives that were men as slaves. Although women were capable of doing many things, they preferred males because the women did not meet certain "standards". Controlling women and men in slavery is obviously a bad thing, but I just wanted to point out that although they may be women, they are capable of doing just as good as men.

Bacon's Rebellion Brainstorming & Notes

Essay #1: Bacon's Rebellion, 1676
Objective: class

1) Explain how it was reflected in Bacon's Rebellion
2) Discuss how class was resolved by Bacon's Rebellion and how that resolution contributed to transforming the character of Chesapeake society in the colonial period
3) Relate class from this historical episode with a common theme of American life today

RESOURCES:

• Notes in Ben's class [Rebellion & Slavery]
• Jamestown Historic Briefs - Bacon's Rebellion
• Virgina Places (including other links and references) - Bacon's Rebellion
• The Story of Bacon's Rebellion
• Virtual Jamestown: First-Hand Accounts (gives actual writings from Berkley and Bacon) - Bacon's Rebellion
• The Library of Congress - The Beginning, Progress and Conclusion, of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia
• Global Security - Bacon's Rebellion
• ASK Bacon's Rebellion ?
• Britannica Online Encyclopedia - Bacon's Rebellion

Tobacco Industry, Then & Today

*) What is the argument of www.thetruth.com?
The argument is mainly tobacco kills.

Over the years, tobacco may have brought wealth, "happiness", and more, but it also became one of the main causes of death and destruction. On the site, www.thetruth.com, there are facts, games, posters, links, videos, and downloads, giving statements, a timeline, basically the whole history of tobacco. The main reason why this site had been developed was to inform many viewers of the dangers of tobacco. There are facts of deaths, diseases, money, addiction, sell, product, poisons, evidence, victims, and science given. Several facts that I have taken a look at personally were, "Tobacco companies' products kill 36,000 people every month. Every 6.5 seconds, someone in the world dies from a smoking-related disease. Every single day, in the U.S., the tobacco industry spends nearly $36 million on advertising and promotions. Every day, about 1,500 youth become daily smokers. 69 animal and/or human carcinogens are in tobacco smoke." On the other hand, during the 17th century, many Chesapeake colonies had prospered due to the surplus crops of tobacco. When it had first been brought to Europe by the Spaniards, it is said that physicians had praised it as a wonder drug. Although the website tells of all the negative sides of tobacco, we are taught in history of how it had put such a positive effect on the European culture. Tobacco "spawned new industries, new habits, and new forms of social life." Despite the negative and positive effects tobacco had made over the years, I can't help but ask why should tobacco continue to prosper? It is true that riches were given in the past, but now in the present, there are many different opportunities given to become wealthy. In my opinion, I strongly believe that tobacco should be completely destroyed off the face of the earth; but that's just me. Technology and life itself had advanced in so many ways that we can do so much more and save so many lives by getting rid of tobacco.

1st Quarter: AOD Blog #1

At PSEC, every student is guaranteed certain rights, just as all people are guaranteed human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes 30 articles which outline the view of the General Assembly, as stated on Wikipedia. Eleanor Roosevelt was the one who drafted the Declaration. This UDHR gives all human beings freedom, equality, and the right to life and liberty. In history, we learned that the Spaniards had enslaved Natives, but unlike the Spaniards, this UDHR states in Article 4, "No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the salve trade shall be prohibited in all their forms." This means that human beings will not be treated as slaves and property, but as an actual person. Also, in the past, a majority of the population were not able to get a good, decent education because they could not afford it. Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, "Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit." So no matter how much money a family may have, there is still access to a decent education.

ARGs

1) Why would Craig as me to read this?
2) How might this impact me?

Why would Craig want the class to read this? Possibly because we might have to create an Alternate Reality Game [ARG] and put it into our wikis, or perhaps something else.

The steps that are put into making the ARG is similar to the steps of our group wiki. For example, the puppetmaster for our wiki would be Ben Zuidema, the curtain would separate the group's wiki from the rest of the class and teachers, the TINAG would be more like TINAOW [This Is Not An Ordinary Wiki], the ARGjackers, if any, would be those who would want to join our group's wiki without an invitation, trying to completely edit the entire thing, but I'm not really sure about what the Rabbithole would be. Therefore, I believe that the entire wikipedia article on ARGs creates an impact because of the similarities it has with creating a wiki. Not only are these steps/guidelines meant for making an ARG, but also can be for creating a wiki.

Service Reflection

The woman that my group had worked for on Friday, was Josephine. She was a kind old lady who lived alone with her Scottish Terrier. Earlier, before the day of service, I had heard a story about how worried and unsure she was with her garden. She has no idea what to do with it, and for an old woman living on her own, gardening is not an easy task. My group's goal was to truly work to the fullest to truly help this lady out with her yard. By the time we got there, there were cut up branches from trees completely covering her grass, weeds and mushrooms growing everywhere, and also ivy. First, Kara Taylor, my partner, and I cleaned her windows and glass doors with Windex. Then, once we had finished cleaning, we moved a pile of chopped up firewood to her storage. Afterwards, we started picking out all the weeds popping out. While doing this, I came across a whole bunch of spiders. I was very disgusted and terrified because I absolutely despise bugs, insects, spiders, and anything that is small and crawls, but I ignored them and went about my business. As for the cut up pieces of wood covering her yard, everyone helped put all the pieces into large Ace Hardware paper bags. We filled 12 bags and two wheel barrows to completely clean her yard. I remember her first reaction when she had saw the difference. Her eyes got big and she was so surprised that she said, "Oh my goodness! I can see the grass!" That expression truly touched me, knowing that just a few hours of working truly made another person, other than myself, very grateful.