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Jonathans American Journal Entries
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Diary 1
Today is April 4, 1770; murders in Boston! At the hands of the Bri@sh soldiers. My name is Jonathan Davenport and today in South Carolina I have been contempla@ng what has occurred in Boston, Bri@sh soldiers have murdered 5 American colonists. I know that they have jus@fica@on for their ac@ons because they were sent from King George III. King George always knows what is right.
The event that has unfolded in Boston along with resentment towards the Coercive Acts has started a chain-‐reac@on throughout the colonies. Bri@sh Parliament in 1764 started a tax that was called the Sugar Act. All sugar purchases had a tax tacked onto them. They did this because they needed funds because of the 7-‐year war. They were in debt trying to help the colonists obtain the lands that they now inhabit. The American colonists felt inferior to the Bri@sh people. Personally I think it serves them right because without the Bri@sh they would have no land here. Another large tax was the Stamp Act; anything to do with purchasing documents of any kind had a tax on them too. This started a moTo for the colonists: “Taxa@on without Representa@on!” If the cursed people did not pay up their taxes then they would be tried and sent to prison. Personally I would love to give away my hard earnings to the government that supplied these prosperous lands.
One man who I have grown resentment for was Patrick Henry who was a passionate speaker who stood up for the American colonists against the beloved homeland. All these ac@vists across the colonies were s@rring some trouble up against the Bri@sh throne. Mobs in Boston started to break out against Stamp collectors, which forced many to resign from their du@es. The colonists sent a pe@@on to Parliament sta@ng that they had the same rights as Bri@sh colonies, but then Parliament fought back with more taxes.
I think that all this back and forth arguments are pointless. King George owns the lands that the colonists are in habi@ng, so they should be grateful he is le[ng them live there. If they did not live there then they would be stuck back in England in densely populated ci@es.
Paul Revere is a man who has no honor in what he produces! They way he portrayed the Bri@sh Red Coats was unforgiveable. How he engraved them onto the canvas was disgraceful! He broadcasted to all the colonies that they were organized, heartless, and murderous human beings! That is though no what happened. When the colonists were pel@ng the soldiers with ice snowballs the commander of the soldiers was trying to nego@ate with them for peace. This is though what I hear from my Bri@sh news.
I now have grown resentment to a boiling point for John Adams because he was represen@ng the wrongly convicted soldiers in court. All the soldiers received punishments that did not suit the crime. The soldiers should be treated as heroes in England because they murdered the colonists.
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Diary 2
Today is May 13, 1775 and I for one despise the news that I have received from my Bri@sh spies working around in the colonists “revolu@on”. 3 days ago the Second Con8nental Congress was set up in Philadelphia with I think there eyes set on something that will not bode well with King George. 5 years ago the Boston Massacre s@rred something in the water that will change history and I finally think that is coming to frui@on.
As I hear from my news sources this “Congress” is formed of delegates from twelve out of the thirteen colonies, which they think is supposed to build unity but I see this will bring their demise even quicker. The more they have the harder they fall. They think this will bring independence from the mother na@on but King George will make sure that whoever started this will finish it with dire consequences. I am a Commander in the Red Coats who shall rule the na@on with a iron fist.
The difference between their “1st” Congresses from this one had a major change. Then one year ago all they wanted was for the Great King to reprimand his Intolerable acts or else they would boycoT any economic associa@on because they thought between them and the Bri@sh they were inferior human beings. I also have heard rumors of a document that the Colonists call the Declara8on of Independence that will change the morale of Colonists towards England. It is supposed to “free” the colonists from their point of a dictatorship leadership King George has.
This document they say contains 5 different sec@ons to have drabed for its purpose. The first sec@on is supposed dictate the way people assume poli@cal leadership over the na@on. What a silly way to run a na@on! The Bri8sh Monarchy will always rule! “All men are created equal” is the moTo that sums up the whole document as I am told. The second sec@on is all about how the government harms natural rights and if this ever happens what will follow. This silly document is just a scapegoat for the colonists because they are too afraid of what will happen once our great leader assumes total control over the colonists.
I must command my troops to fight against these rebellious scoundrels! I will coordinate a strategic offensive with my brothers to bring these colonist fools to jus@ce. My only concern is that aber this Congress mee@ng the rebellions might have goTen stronger through unison of colonies, but we will never know what will happen un@l the baTle begins.
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Diary 3
Today is December 28, 1776 and I am s@ll baffled at our defeat to the Con8nental Army, which is led by George Washington. We had our Hessian troops holding down the fortress in the town of Trenton. The Con@nental Army morale was shrunken to an all-‐@me low but s@ll somehow they managed to defeat the mighty Hessian troops.
I was sent by my superiors to travel to Trenton and to coordinate a specific defense to the colonist’s army. But the fact in the maTer is that the Revolu@onaries ambushed us. I barely escaped with my freedom and life from that wretched baTle. I s@ll remember that wonderful Christmas Day celebra@on with the German soldiers, we were partying our hearts out with all the booze in the world but we did not predict what would come the next morning. For those Hessian troops were drinking their fortress away.
At 3:00 in the morning the next day, the Con@nental Army would cross the Delaware River for a very strategic move against our forces in Trenton because for all we knew. There was no way that they were going to aTack fearing for another massacre of a defeat. Which bared remenince of the BaDle of Lexington and Concord where the colonists escaped with their life’s hanging in the balance. The only way that they retreated was by natural causes because of a fog. Our forces did not stand a chance against Washington’s troops we were outnumbered 2000-‐1400 men. Washington led the assault on our troops as if he was honing in on prey like a dog would do to a cat. They came barreling in as un-‐wanted guests but very shortly made it their next home. Washington shot one of our commanders, as I was moun@ng my horse to fall back, the alarm was sounded that the colonists were aTacking. The casual@es compared to both sides was one sided. Washington lost 3 men while we lost 22. As I was galloping away on my faithful stead, I thought to myself. The colonists might have a chance.
Aber I received the causali@es list for the BaTle of Trenton, which I realized that they took 1000 of our men. That is defiantly a huge blow to our forces because we needed the men. I s@ll think back to the baTle because how cowardly the colonists were because of their Gorilla warfare. They should just man-‐up and fight us on a baTlefield more tradi@onally then sneaking up on us to ambush. I know us Bri@sh honor our way of baTle because that has been a tradi@on for a number of centuries. This war is never going to surprise me because it could go either way. In a way this shows the strength of the colonists because they managed to take down the Hessian with more than just weapons. They also had heart.
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Diary 4 The day was October 20, 1781 and I have fought for the Crown audaciously with
the utmost honor. But sadly that will come to an end because the cursed colonists have won the war. It pains me to write this in my journal that has kept log for what has happened in this war for supremacy but King George has lost due to the BaTle of Yorktown.
This win for them was one of many that occurred in favor of the colonists. Just recently the colonists outnumbered our very pres@gious General Burgonye but he was a fool for thinking that he had them outnumbered. About 13000 colonists fought in the baTle of Saratoga, which was a huge success for the enemies.
Aber General Cornwallis defeated the colonists at Guilford Court House our superiors sta@oned him and me at Yorktown. Nearly 20,000 troops were the number that brought down an empire’s rule in its offspring country. These colonists picked the right ally in France because they knew that the French had a grudge against us Bri@sh ci@zens. The baTle of Yorktown was the turning point though because it was different. It was a straight up baTle no sneaky business like Gorilla warfare, it was just war.
The French held us at sea while the colonists led the land aTack that crushed our forces. I was part of the land infantry that held back the colonists who were poisoning our King’s rule here. There I was, thinking that this would be the last baTle of the war because whomever won would have the @de turned in their favor. A man who fought like a dog for steak that I was. I was a murderous assassin for our great empire. I single handedly killed 10 colonists before my flank was compromised; I was shot in the leg. It crippled me to the core; I had no feeling in my right leg. I surrendered with the utmost respect because I knew and my compatriots knew that we had lost.
I could not believe the fact that King George has lost the war. Countless lives were killed on the baTlefield, while week aber week my troops and I fought against countless odds. Happiness or Sadness could become of me because one thing that is a posi@ve, which means no more lives would be killed in war. I truly do hope that the colonists do find peace in their lands because I will always have the utmost respect for a na@on that fights for what it believes in. I will thank my troops aber I receive medical aTen@on to my leg and move on to more things than the Crown. A @p of the hat to the colonists because they were indeed the stronger men.
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Diary 5 Today is March 9, 1789 and I do not feel any pain in my legs. I am living in the
prosperous na@on of Canada; while I have migrated from America to here I have come to realize that war is not everything. America has won rights to the land, while the Bri@sh Empire will push forces into other areas it will not conquer America.
I have received news that the Cons8tu8on has been created. This document will determine the way, this new government will be ran for centuries to come. There was debate though between the Ar8cles of Confedera8on and the Cons@tu@on sta@ng that the Ar@cles was ran in a way that was similar to the Crown.
All this deba@ng was taking place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was called the Second Con@nental Congress. As I read in the news for 3.5 about America that is the length of Congress took to decide on ideas for the Cons@tu@on.
The bloody Cons@tu@on will always curse the lands because there is no king. The three branches of the government run America. It is the Execu@ve, Legisla@ve and Judicial Branches of government. Each one has its own third of running the government so it’ll be smooth. The most important branch is the Execu@ve Branch because that is where the “President” runs the na@on. I think there are major flaws in the plan because monarchies will always be on top.
Many of my brethren have joined me in Canada since we lost the war. But always I will reiterate that I am sincerely glad that the war has finished. No more Bri@sh bloodshed and cold nights alone in foreign wilderness. They can have their wretched land and live cursed lives because they do not have a king that leads them to greatness.
Their cowardly leader George Washington resigned as commander of the army and assumed posi@on of a poli@cal icon. I think at the pace he is climbing the ranks he could be the president! The man of the hour for the Americans was John Madison who wrote up the Cons@tu@on, some people s@ll say that he is “The Father of the Cons@tu@on.
Many conflicts have been resolved towards the end of the war like for instance the Treaty of Paris made sure that American and France held peaceful inten@ons. Ben Franklin was the leading delegate that the Americans sent to meet the French delegates in Paris as I have read several years ago. This maybe the last you hear of me but the American revolu@onary war has been won but the Bri@sh monarchy will live on for decades to come.
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Work Cited: • Causes of the Revolu@on (1765-‐1774) Copyright. 2004 Safari Montage Schlessinger Media • PBS Liberty American Revolu@on • Revolu@onary War (1765-‐1774) Copyright. 2004 Safari Montage Schlessinger Media Digital History.com • Crea@ng a Na@on Copyright. 2004 Safari Montage Schlessinger Media • The Making of America The American Revolu@on Michael Weber