Abuse, or Punishment?
There's a big difference between the two.
At the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the colonists who favored a break from England claimed that the British government was abusing their rights, and that they had the right to break free from England.
Although this is the story on which our country was founded, others have made the case that the Colonists were like children who misbehaved, and that the English government was right in attempting to punish them for their actions.
What do you think? Do you think that the colonists were justified in resisting the English, and eventually declaring their freedom? Write your thoughts here in a brief post. I look forward to hearing from you.
26 comments:
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Mr. Tesler Period 2
i think the colonists were justified in resisting the english and eventually declaring there freedom because if the colonist did something wrong that broke the law in any such way they should be punished for there actions.
anthony period 2
i think it was punishment because they didn't phyiscally hit them. England just punsihed them so i think it was not abuse because abuse is when you get phyiscally hit , a punishment is when you get in trouble and you cant do something for awhile and thats what England did .
-Alexandria [period2]
The difference between the punishment of the colonist was much different for the abuse of the colonist because when oyu punish something yuou do not abuse something but ewhen you abuse things that is taking advantage of your power and what the Europeans did was called abuse of its power instead of punishing them they made them suffer.
no, i dont think that the colonists were not justified in resisting the English and declaring there freedom because they were NOT the ones that signed the Decleration of Independance and that mainly means freedom. i think that the english should have the freedom more then the colonists.
I think the colonists were not acting like children, but like adults. I believe that they were just stating what they believed in. I’m sure if England would have said… “Oh you know we just helped you fight the French and Indian war and we are in the hole a little bit. Could you do us a favor and pay a couple of taxes to help us out?” that the colonists would have been more than happy to help. Just like if your mom is like “take the garbage out NOW!!!” Your like “um no why don’t you ask me any then I will help?” I think that if you ask for help you will get it. But if you think you deserve it because you are older or the “mother country” then you are being vain. You are just like “I deserve it me me me. I am great bla bla bla.” That is what I think and I think the colonists made the right choice.
(By the way when I say you I am just using the word. I am not talking about anyone.)
Anastasia Ioannou
Period 2
i belive that the colonists were justified in breaking away from England. I do not believe that England had any right in punishing the colonists. When it was not there fault. The only reason they protested was to protect theri natural rights as people.
The colonists were justified in resisting the English, and eventually declaring their freedom this was abuse. It was abuse because the colonist were acting as children and the enlish gov't was going to punish them.
Alyssa Longo period 2
I beleve that it was right for the British to punish the American colonists. I beleve this because the American colonists did attack the French first, which made France declare war on England. The colonist could of tried to reason with them agian to leave their land since George Washington didn't do such a good job, but the American colonists dicided to take action too quickly, and caused England to pay the price. So i believe that since England was their mother country, they deservred to punish the American colonists for the damages caused by the war.
Andrew Villa Period 2 931
I think that the colonist was right to want to break free from england, because if the people feel that the govt it abusing their rights then they have every right to want to leave. Also i feel like the Colonists were not like children who misbehaved just because they didnt agree with the way they were being treated.
Alyse.G
the colonists were justified in resisting the Enlgish & declaring their freedom. The british were contradicting themselves since they were texing without representation. They went against many documents as well. THe colonists were also being held to rules such as what religion to practice. Foremost all men were created equal and they should all have a say in the government.
-Crystal S
Period 4
meagan betances 902
i think it is because the colonist were so used to not having to pay for taxes that when out of no were britin wanted them to pay them everyone just got upset. as if having to house and feed there soldiors was not enough. it was abuse. britan gave to much work and chorce to do and the colonist just could not do it all.
I think that the English did abuse their power and didn't allow the colonists to their rights. Parliament took advatange of the colonists, by taxing them way too much money without consulting them first. One tax that the British tried to enforce was the Tea Act which placed a tax on all the purchases of tea. This resulted in the Boston Tea Party where about 300 colonists dressed up as Native Americans and throwed all of the tea into the Boston Harbor. The taxes that Parliament made was a violation of the colonists rights. The colonists tried to boycott to send a message across and reason, but the British didn't agree. Eventually they declared their freedom from England. England did abuse the colonists, that wasn't punishment because the colonists didn't do anything wrong, except stand up for their rights.
Gabrielle Rosado
Class Period 4
I think that the colonists did not deserve to be punished. They did not want the taxes to be put on without England asking about it beforehand. England should have consulted with the colonists before putting the taxes on everything, to make a deal they could both agree on.
Daniel P.
Period 2
I think that the colonists were correct by doing what they did. When the colonists decided to apart from the English it was a correct move. The english were bieng very bad to the colonists so they decided to declare their freedom. Maybe the british were taking advantage of the colonists rights so that is why they wanted to break away.
-Christian Segura
9th grade
There is a big difference between the words 'punishment' and 'abuse.'
In my opinion, punishiment is an action an individual(s) creates in order to force someone to face consequences for their wrong-doings. Meanwhile, abuse is something that someone does intentionally only to harm someone. There is no moral in that.
I think that the colonists were right to resist the English and eventually declare their freedom because if, in their opinion, they were not being treated properly or felt like they were being abused instead of recieving a punishment, then they were obligated to resist. It's basically all in one's opinion of what you believe the differences between abuse and punishment are.
Brianna H.
Period 4.
I think that the colonists were not being abused by the British. Since colonists were on British territory they had no freedom and they couldnt don anything about it.The British basically controlled the colonists until the colonists signed hte Declaration of Independance.
Phillip Lluberes Period 2
yes i do think that the colonies were justified with resisting the english because it seems that to the colonsts it did not matter much or they just learned how to resisit/deal with it. Also they did that so they can declare the freedom because if they did not that would have started a whole fued betwen the colonists and Britan. soto keep freedom and peace they just learned how to resist it.
Isabela Janashvili
period 4
I believe that English government was right for attempting to punish them for their actions. Wanting to be a colonist of England would mean following their laws and orders.
Let's say you got in trouble with your parents, and they grounded you. You can't just disobey them because you want to. They have an order over you because they're you're parents.
Which is pretty much the same situation with the colonists of England.
Megan E.
Period 4
Yes there justified in resisting because England was abusing there power in taxing everthing (sugar,and tea for example). England has the right to be seperated from the colonists, because they were abusing there power. joseph Ebiotu period 2
In my opinion i think that the English weren't being fare and acting like little children.the colonies were justified in resisting the English because they were probably bothering them too much.I think that this wasn't abuse but punishment because abuse is probably when you get severely hurt verbally or physically on purpose.but what
england did was punishment because if you do something wrong then you deserve to be punished for it. that is how i come to a conclusion about my opinion.
--Angela Rivera
period 2
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----Michael Vitale P.4
I believe that the american revolution was done with good reason.
1. THe brittish had bad ideas that did not benifate the colonmies.
and 2. The british did not govern the colonies correctly.
i think this would be coinsidered abuse, at least for the colonists, and just discipline for the british. to me, though, this looks like harsh punishment. after all, the british still are America's mother country, and most of the colonists are british. Great Britian supplied the colonies with tea, food, and and everything that was needed for survival in the Americas.
I agree and disagree because the colonists were sort of wrong because they did not want to pay taxes. The English violated the Americans bounderies, they had gaurds who randomley and with out a great enough reason killed poeple.
Moses Allred period 2
i think that the colonists were justified in resisting the english because they broke the law and they deserve to be punished.
Maria period 2
I think that the colonists were right about resisting the English because the colonists didn't do anything wrong .They just wanted their freedom and no one should get punished because of that. So it was abusive of them to punish them(the colonists) for wanting to be free. The colonists were ruled by the king of England and didn't had their own goverment.
ps: mr. tesler i know this is late but i haven't been able to enter the blog on my computer and now in my esl class i get to use one of the school computer . so im doing hw here thank you
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