The battles at Lexington and Concord

Entry 18                                                                                                                                April 1775
 
I just got some bad news. First off, we miserably lost at Lexington, 8 casualties our side and 1 wounded British side. The British marched onward. Plus, more bad news. Paul was arrested while trying to warn the men at concord. However, they were still warned by Samuel Prescott.

At concord, all of the weapons had been hidden. In frustration, the Redcoats began setting fire to buildings, and the Minutemen retaliated, beginning the Battle of Concord. They won, and the redcoats retreated, suffering many casualties on the way.

Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord, 11/17/11

Info: White, Deverell, United States History: Beginnings to 1822, page 114.

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

Entry 17                                                                                                                                    April 1775                
                        
Apparently, Gage found out about a weapons stash at Concord. However, we had spies all over Boston. They quickly noticed the Redcoats preparing for travel and battle and informed us.
   Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback when they saw two lanterns shine in a steeple, signaling that the British would come by river. They rode in order to wake the minutemen and prepare them for battle. Minutemen were Militia members who pledged to be ready in a minute's notice.

Image: http://www.embassyofheaven.com/newslett/news9403/news9403.htm. 11/17/11

Info: White, Deverall, United States HIstory: Beginnings to 1822, page 114

First Continental Congress

Entry 16                                                                                                          October 1774

I just got news today of the First Continental Congress. It was a meeting to discuss the oppression of Britain. Only Leaders attended. Some sought peace, others sought war. In the end, they said to keep the boycotts going, but for the militias to prepare for war.

Also, they drafted a document called the Declaration of Rights. It told George 3 about our rights to life, liberty, and property.

Image credit: http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1920&bih=1017&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=6UMsVkKdBA-ChM:&imgrefurl=http://jessicasims.edu.glogster.com/committees-of-correspondence-to-first-continental-congress/&docid=E3OyXSjrk5MbVM&img, 11/17/11

Info: White, Deverell, United States History: Beginnings to 1822

Coercive Acts? More like Intolerable Acts.

Entry 15                                                                                                                      Spring 1774              
               
I cannot believe this. Britain has passed a whole new slew of acts to punish us for the Tea Party.
-Boston Harbor has been closed, putting me out of work.
-Mass. had its charter cancelled.
-Royal officials face trial in Britain
-I have to give home to British Soldiers now.
-Quebec got a whole lot of land.
-Thomas Gage is the new governor of Mass.

Once again, I cannot believe this. Britain has overstepped their bounds on this one.

Image: http://soccerchick20.glogster.com/intolerable-acts/, 11/17/11
 Info: White, Deverell, United states history , beginnings to 1822

Woohoo!

Entry 14                                                                                                                         December 16, 1773          
                     
You won't believe what I've just done!
I just ran with the Sons of Liberty out to the docks. We were all dressed up as Native Americans, and we looked pretty cool.

We ran up on the ships and chopped open the chests of tea, and dumped them into the harbor. Everybody was yelling:
"Boston Harbor is a teapot tonight!"



Recipe for saltwater tea:

What you will need:
x1 Angered colonists
x3 tea ships parked in the harbor
x1 Native American costume for colonists
x1 hatchet per person, for chopping open chests of tea
x1 Boston Harbor


Image: http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2010/07/12/iced-tea-101/

General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 102

George III just doesn't get it.

Entry 13                                                                                                                                      1773, Date Unknown        
               

                      King George III really needs to be slapped across the face. No, really. He thinks this new Tea act will solve EVERYTHING. No, it won't. It'll only solve Britain's problems, by earning them more tax money. If The British East India Company can sell directly to colonists, then their cheap tea will put local stores out of business.


                      Thankfully, the first shipment has arrived, but I'm not thankful over that. I'm thankful that the Sons of Liberty have told them to leave. However, the governor of Mass. won't let them leave without paying the duty, causing the ships to be forced to wait in the harbor.


Image: J.L. Bell, http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2008/11/missing-points-in-sons-of-liberty.html, Nov. 19 2008, 11/17/11

Info:General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 102

These guys are just asking for trouble.

Entry 12                                                                                                                                  March 5, 1775
                              
Okay, a fight broke out between a colonist and a redcoat, right? Well, the redcoat got offended and punched the colonist in the face. Then, a group of colonists gathered around the redcoat and started throwing snow at him. Then, more troops came. The colonists dared them to open fire, and they did. One man named Crispus Attucks died instantly, and two more died in a few days.

   Paul revere painted a picture of this massacre, as shown above. It is titled The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street. He managed to use this as propaganda against the Redcoats.


   It would seem these redcoats want a war with us.


Image: http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html, 11/17/11

Info: General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, page 101

Ohhhhh myyyyy gggggoooooddddd....

Entry 11                                                                                                                     October 1768              
                         
 This isn't good. I just saw a ship pull into the harbor, and redcoats came flooding out.  Could it be that it's my fault for helping The Sons of Liberty?  I can hardly remember what happened that night. Anyways, I'm worried about this. Nothing good can come of it. These troops are rude, crude, and were not raised right. Nobody likes mercs.

General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, page 100


Image:http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/Archives/ED101sp07/rbesser/What%20Happened%204.htm, 11/17/11

Woah. You won't believe what just happened.

Entry 10                                                                                                                      1768, Month Unkown              
                      
You won't believe what just happened.

It was around 10:23 P.M. . I was suddenly awoken by the sons of liberty at my bedside, shaking me awake and telling me to get my clothes on and come with them. Of course, I obeyed. Suddenly, we took off down the street, running at top speed.

Before I could even begin to comprehend what was happening, they were kicking in the door of some big, fancy house. They ran inside, and brought out a guy with a bag on his head. They stripped him naked, then took buckets from my hands that I didn't even know I was holding, and smeared him in tar, then dumped feathers on him. They dropped him in the middle of town with the sack still on his head.

Needless to say nobody talked to him again.


Image: http://www.thesonsoflibertybook.com/

Info: General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 100

I just got to Boston, and there are protesters everywhere. I see boycott signs, everything.

Entry 9                                                                                                                         February 1768
                                       
Wow, I just got here... I see boycott signs everywhere, and even some Daughters of Liberty signs saying "Supporting the Daughters is supporting America!"

I even saw what looked like Sam Adams writing a letter in public, reciting out loud what he wrote. I can't quite make out what he said, but it sounded something like:

"These laws violate our legal rights!"

What an interesting time this is.

Info: White, Deverell, United States History: Beginnings to 1822, page 100

Image:http://www.anunews.net/blog/?p=24409. 11/17/11

Today I was visited by some interesting people.

Entry 8                                                                                                                                         1767  
                                                     
Hey guys, Today I was visited by some interesting people. They wore some odd, gold medals with trees on them, and had heard of my standing up to one of the guards searching my ship. They wanted me to join them.. Of course, I said "YES!"

   They then told me that their goal was to end any form of "Taxation without representation".

"What's that?" I asked. They proceeded to explain that it was when you were taxed without being represented in government. Afterwards, they asked me if I would like to go to Boston with them. "Well, if I'm going to help in this form of 'Revolution', I would sort of have to.

   So, the rest of my updates will come from Boston, and no longer Rhode Island. I will remain a dockworker, however.
 [Note: The Historical significance of this is the formation of the sons of liberty.]

Image: http://dieamerikanischerev.blogspot.com/2011/02/sons-of-liberty.html, 11/17/11

Info: http://dieamerikanischerev.blogspot.com/2011/02/sons-of-liberty.html, 11/17/11

Another act? Yeesh, give us a break already!

Entry 7                                                                                                                                June 1767                      
                                                     

Great, another act. Now I have to pay a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. This is extremely frustrating and angering, I cannot show you how angry I am over the internet. This not only means I have to pay taxes on these items, but Nayboor kat is tracking everywhere I go again. I have been searched 7 times this week. When is enough enough?

General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 100


Image: http://epic.org/privacy_video/, 11/17/11

The Declaratory Act Information

Entry 6                                                                                               1766, month unknown
                                       
Okay,. Here's some Info on the declaratory act:

-Parliament was angry with us over demanding the Stamp Act be repealed.
-They did not want to repeal anything again.
-They passed this act in order to give themselves supreme power over the colonies and colonists.

  It would seem that these guys are quite the big crappy craps.

Image: http://tvrgc.com/TVRGCrevo.htm, 11/17/11

Declaratory Act info: The Independence Hall Association, http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/declaratory.htm, 11/17/11

The stamp act is GONE! ☺

Entry 5                                                                                                        1776, Month Unknown                      
                
  So, I just got some good news today. The stamp act has been repealed by the British government. I just got my   licenses and a pack of playing cards! I also met a naval officer today in the street, and helped him pick up some papers he dropped. He told me that if I ever need a job to talk to him and he'd set me up.
┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ)

   Wait a second... what is this? I just got a message. The new Declaratory act has been put into place. I'll update you when I learn more about it.
Meanwhile, I have flipped another table due to frustration.
(┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻ 


General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 100


Image: http://world-stamps-pictures.blogspot.com/2010/03/stamps-from-stamp-act.html, 11/17/11

The Stamp Act?

        Entry 4                                                                                                                               1765, Month Unknown        
                
What's with this new Stamp Act? I was trying to get a new boating license so that I could get out on the ocean and fish, which would also need a license. But this new Stamp Act is making that extremely difficult. Apparently, I have to buy an extremely expensive stamp whenever I buy a paper item. I even tried to get some playing cards for my grandmother, and Joe told me I needed a stamp for those too.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
   I'm really starting to dislike Britain, maybe I'll join the military.


Image: http://www.businessbookmall.com/DoNotKnowHistory.htm#Chapter 2 So You Want a Revolution, 11/17/11


General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 100

Boycotts, and a note on my year-long absence.

Entry 3                                                                                                                                    1765, MOnth Unknown        
                   
  Hey all, I just wanted to tell you that I haven't updated the site in a year because there hasn't been anything of major importance to report. Please remember, that in my first post I stated that this is a purely info blog and nothing more.

  Anyways, today I got some news that New Yorkers have started to boycott British goods. I think it sounds like a good idea, and I may have to try that myself, maybe the British parliament will stop taxing the crap out of everything and listen to us.


Image: http://www.historycentral.com/Revolt/boycott.html, 11/17/11

General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, pge 99

Whatever happened to privacy?

Entry 2                                                                                                                                               1764, Month Unknown                
                                   

         So, today I was loading up a ship, and I was stopped by a redcoat who just decided to ask me for a list of all the items on the ship. I told him "No", and he said it was illegal not to, then asked me a second time, more firmly. I murmured, and listed everything on the ship for him. I told him to go on about his business after that, and he said that he now had to check the ship, and that was also the law. So, without anyone's consent, he poked his head in the ship and started poking and prodding around in there.

  (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻      

         These new laws are starting to make me a bit angry with Britain.

Image: Petter, http://blog.dontfearthemutant.com/?p=1434, Jan 21st, 2010, 11/17/11

General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, page 98

A "Sugar Act"... Really?

Entry 1                                                                                                                                Month Unknown, 1764          
                                                    

      So, today I went down to the market to buy some sugar I was going to use in a cake I was baking for my grandmother. Then, Joe, the shopkeeper, said that I had to pay an extra tax on sugar. He told me it's that way because Britain needs to pay for the French-Indian war. I mean, honestly, Great Britain thinks they can tax ME, when I have no say in their government? Who do they think they are?

Oh well... I'm gonna have to get back to work at the docks soon.

Source:

Bag of Sugar: djzitro,Photobucket,11/17/11http://media.photobucket.com/image/bag%20of%20sugar/djzitro18/SugarBag.jpg?o=12

General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, page 98

About me, myself, and I.

   Hello, my name is Jameison Goodsmith. I am a poor dockworker who was bron in the year 1750. I have created this blog to inform you of what is going on here in the colonies, I don't know what is going on, but it doesn't look good, which is why I have created this blog for you to read about what happened to me and my life as a young man during these interesting times.