Day 6 post.

IN class we discused the Bunker hill and olive branch petition. The olive Branch Petition was the colonies asking for territory they won in the Indian war and asking for representaion. The kind of Representation that the colonies wanted was to have a say in taxes and laws. The colonies still wanted to have the kings support and agreed to still be loyal to him but they wanted more of a say. In their agrument to the king they stated that the Battle of lexington and Concord were in self defence. the king Rejected their petition. Another oppinion in the matter of breaking away from britian was Tomas Payne who wrote Common Sense and said that if people sgreed with britian then they were agreeing with the fact that it was ok to murder people. He believed that any friendly connection with Britian was un natural and that Britain was causing the city of Boston to starve because they would not let anyone out of boaston. In reasponse to Common Sense an ammerican loyalis, James Chelmers wrote The Plain Truth. He wanted to stay with Britain and still be under their control. He made accusations that Democracy was a bad way to go and that they should just stick with Britain. He said that the taxes were fair, having Britain back them up was helpful and that because Britain is so far away it will mean they will be less strict. I disagree with that last statment, i think that by them being father away they are going to send people who will follow up the laws they make and strictly enforce them. These Documents were very helpful in my comprehending of where different parts of the Colonies stand and that not everyone wants britain completely out of their country.