Thursday, February 12, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thomas Paine
I found another really cool website about Thomas Paine from Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine
It gives an overview of his life. The website also says that he influenced the French Revolution. I thought that was cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine
It gives an overview of his life. The website also says that he influenced the French Revolution. I thought that was cool.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
thomas paine...and some of his veiws
Ok so when i was reading the thing on him and his writings i found out alot of very interesting stuff. One thing i really enjoyd was the part named The Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. I thought this whole part was the most interesting because he really shares his veiws on religion. He talks alot about how he thinks God views monarchy and how he believes it a practice for heathens. Its crazy how he talks about the jewish people and how he believes that they were the beggining of this evil way of rulership. I agree with some things and don't with others. One thing i think it right is that because of Gods jealousy for humans he wants to be the main ruler of our lives, but i also think that God has set men and women over us because he knows that without leaders we will become rebelious. I thought this while section was great and if you get a chance you should go back and read it again. : )
Random Cool Fact
Hey guys! Did you know that the Revolutionary War had a traitor? Probably you did... but here's some more info on him that I got from http://www.americanrevolution.com/ppl_benedict_arnold.html
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) > The Treason of General Benedict Arnold American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He later became a prosperous trader. Early in the Revolution, his expedition against Fort Ticonderoga joined that of Ethan Allen, and the joint command took the fort. Arnold pushed on to the northern end of Lake Champlain, where he destroyed a number of ships and a British fort. In the Quebec campaign, he invaded Canada (1775) by way of the Maine forests. The march proved incredibly hard, and the force was exhausted when it reached Quebec. Richard Montgomery arrived from Montreal, and the two small armies launched the unsuccessful assault on Dec. 31, 1775. Arnold was wounded but continued the siege until spring, when Sir Guy Carleton forced him back to Lake Champlain. There he built a small fleet that, although defeated, halted the British advance. In Feb., 1777, Congress, despite General Washington's protests and Arnold's service, promoted five brigadier generals of junior rank to major generalships over Arnold's head. This and subsequent slights by Congress embittered Arnold and may in part have motivated his later treason. Although he soon won his promotion by his spectacular defense (1777) against William Tryon in Connecticut, his seniority was not restored. In the Saratoga campaign, his relief of Fort Stanwix and his brilliant campaigning under Horatio Gates played a decisive part in the American victory. He became (1778) commander of Philadelphia, after the British evacuation, and there married Peggy Shippen, whose family had Loyalist sympathies. In 1779 he was court-martialed because of disputes with civil authorities. He was cleared of all except minor charges and was reprimanded by Washington; nevertheless he was given (1780) command of West Point. He had already begun his treasonable correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton in New York City, and he arranged to betray West Point in exchange for a British commission and a sum of money. The plot was discovered with the capture of John Andr, but Arnold escaped. In 1781 in the British service he led two savage raidsone against Virginia and the other against New London, Conn.before going into exile in England and Canada, where he was generally scorned and unrewarded.
Also, I read this really, really good book on him when I was homeschooled in sixth grade that is super fun and entertaining called:
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold
Check it out at the library for some GREAT reading.
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) > The Treason of General Benedict Arnold American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He later became a prosperous trader. Early in the Revolution, his expedition against Fort Ticonderoga joined that of Ethan Allen, and the joint command took the fort. Arnold pushed on to the northern end of Lake Champlain, where he destroyed a number of ships and a British fort. In the Quebec campaign, he invaded Canada (1775) by way of the Maine forests. The march proved incredibly hard, and the force was exhausted when it reached Quebec. Richard Montgomery arrived from Montreal, and the two small armies launched the unsuccessful assault on Dec. 31, 1775. Arnold was wounded but continued the siege until spring, when Sir Guy Carleton forced him back to Lake Champlain. There he built a small fleet that, although defeated, halted the British advance. In Feb., 1777, Congress, despite General Washington's protests and Arnold's service, promoted five brigadier generals of junior rank to major generalships over Arnold's head. This and subsequent slights by Congress embittered Arnold and may in part have motivated his later treason. Although he soon won his promotion by his spectacular defense (1777) against William Tryon in Connecticut, his seniority was not restored. In the Saratoga campaign, his relief of Fort Stanwix and his brilliant campaigning under Horatio Gates played a decisive part in the American victory. He became (1778) commander of Philadelphia, after the British evacuation, and there married Peggy Shippen, whose family had Loyalist sympathies. In 1779 he was court-martialed because of disputes with civil authorities. He was cleared of all except minor charges and was reprimanded by Washington; nevertheless he was given (1780) command of West Point. He had already begun his treasonable correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton in New York City, and he arranged to betray West Point in exchange for a British commission and a sum of money. The plot was discovered with the capture of John Andr, but Arnold escaped. In 1781 in the British service he led two savage raidsone against Virginia and the other against New London, Conn.before going into exile in England and Canada, where he was generally scorned and unrewarded.
Also, I read this really, really good book on him when I was homeschooled in sixth grade that is super fun and entertaining called:
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold
Check it out at the library for some GREAT reading.
Hmm...
OK so I'm not really sure what we actually need to blog about, so I'm going to talk about the packet we had to read and the questions we had to answer.
over all i thought the packet was good and it was very interesting to read about him. you would think so many things about him that are not true. its tricky cause you would think he is a christian but he is not. i personally think that he just wanted to reach everybody and try to fit everybody views by saying things he did not really believe. he would say he agreed with the bible in some areas but than slander another part. i do have to give him props for being so smart though. it is a shame that he could have used his intelligence on Christianity.
the questions were good i thought. although they may have been a little hard, i think it was good for us to figure out and really think about them. for me. i can say it helped me because i know understand that not everyone believes in god! yes of course i already new this but it just gave me a reality check... that's what i thought about this assignment.
over all i thought the packet was good and it was very interesting to read about him. you would think so many things about him that are not true. its tricky cause you would think he is a christian but he is not. i personally think that he just wanted to reach everybody and try to fit everybody views by saying things he did not really believe. he would say he agreed with the bible in some areas but than slander another part. i do have to give him props for being so smart though. it is a shame that he could have used his intelligence on Christianity.
the questions were good i thought. although they may have been a little hard, i think it was good for us to figure out and really think about them. for me. i can say it helped me because i know understand that not everyone believes in god! yes of course i already new this but it just gave me a reality check... that's what i thought about this assignment.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
rebels
I think that the colonists were being rebels for the reason that I stated in class. Basically they didn't want to pay the extra money for taxes for a war that was fought in their defense. This is kind of ridiculous, and I think that the colonists were just being selfish.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
I found a little cool fact about Common Sense.
In class we were talking about how thomas was really brilliant and also a bit prideful and other things.
we commented on what he named his pamphlets, "Common Sense", it sounds really stuck up but i found that he had actually named it plain truth which is bold too. but his friend Benjamin Rush suggested the name Common Sense to Thomas and that's what he went for.
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