Monday, May 21, 2012
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For our 35 definitions, do you want a full blown MLA format works cited after each paragraph or just a list of the websites we used? Sorry I was a little confused with the directions on the packet.
No need to do a full blown WC--just simply list the details of your citation after each definition or on a separate page at the end--with notations showing which term the citation goes to--it would be easiest just to cite after each definition.
Coach C
No need to do a full blown WC--just simply list the details of your citation after each definition or on a separate page at the end--with notations showing which term the citation goes to--it would be easiest just to cite after each definition.
Coach C
What exactly are we supposed to do for the blog responses? Austin's posts confused me... I think I did it wrong because I have them typed up, I would just need to post them on here... But how do I do that?
-Nicole Duque
I can conclude that British North America was lost and was a struggle. These people would fail in the colonies over and over aging but when it came down to it they would pull through. When the people of Jamestown where starving the pulled through. However, Britain clearly controlled them in Americas early years and they stayed loyal. However they would not be pushed around when tax got to high and they pulled through, it was struggle but they would not be denied.
I found that the starving at James town was very interesting. I say this because it let you into exactly what they where going through. I do not have any questions and I enjoyed the material
Jaylon Radel
7th block
I wasn't sure where to post my blog.. so, i posted it on my "blogger". I'll post a link to it, I suppose. https://plus.google.com/u/0/112322218977425266237#112322218977425266237/posts
Initially when I started reading these atricles I went into it with the mindset of "these colonies just craved more land". Although the more I read, the more apperant that I was dead wrong. With everything I have attained from reading, the only plausible reason I can see the European Colonies settling in America was to gain religious freedom. I honestly hadn't ever heard of half the things discussed in this packet, for instance; Pocahantus getting married, the Separatists, a joint-stock company, and how John Smith wasn't physically in Jamestown much at all.
General Overview: It's an insane thought to realize how finding the "New Found Land" started such a race for land, control, food, ect. It got to the point where colonies(i.e. James Town) would put wealth before hunger, I couldn't imagine my home land getting that bad, not to say i have the power to fix such scenerios by any means. People felt the need to search for gold before providing food. To me, if the Puritans wouldn't have turned us around as fast as they did, we would have either lost our land all together to the natives or we would be running on a "government" that has no rhythm/function in the slightest. We'd still be lazy as ever, and the hunger would get the best of us if these diseases didn't. Religious freedom was also a huge thing to read about for me, to think we've come so far, it's almost hard to fathom ever being at such a point where you, not only, were belittled, but punished for a belief. Regardless to race/religion EVERYONE is entitled to their own thoughts/feelings. To put oneself before another based upon beliefs is beyond me.
To me I found the article about the Salem Witch Trials to be the most interesting. Most likely because I'm a girl and can defintely relate to girls making up storys about others. (Insert laugh here) but also just how far it went is astonishing. I find things like witchcraft, cults, serial killers, ect. to be very eyecatching. Not to idolize or encourage the acts, but to figure out and reason why one could jusitfy such things. I suppose that's why I enjoyed that article so much more than the others.
Questions:
Did everyone consider witch craft a religion? Or did some find it to be a self indulging hobby?
Did any of the colonies have a valid arguement for being so lazy?
If there weren't as many diseases, do you think it would have effected the laziness issue?
Before reading the articles, i was not aware of how unprepared the colonists were coming to the colonies. Most of the people had came there for gold and silver. They were very lazy and would even starve rather than just go work and make their food. With the Indians helping them, it even made it worse because it made them even more lazy because they had someone to rely on for their needs.Yes i will say that disease made its impact on the death of alot of the colonists but then again, even after going through that, the people did not attempt to try and change their way of life but instead just waited on a savior to come to the rescue. Most of the men were even lazier than the women, because the women had to take care of the family, teach their kids to keep religion with them and also the hardest one bearing children without getting sick. This was one of the articles that really opened my eyes even more to what women had to go through and were still not appreciated enough or even at all in some cases.
Questions i had:
1.why were the indians still helping the colonists even after seeing how lazy they were?
2.why wouldn't the Indians teach the colonists how to make their own food since some of them did not know how coming from the cities?
3.Was there really that many lazy people that even not some could stand up and say enough is enough?
The one article that really interested me was The Starving Time at Jamestown. I was not aware of the gruesome things that the people did back then just to survive. It made me angry though that a big group of people like that could be so lazy to the point where they ate their own boots rather than work. The number of people who would die in the winters also really shocked me.
Sam Akin
When I started reading this, I actually thought these colonists were just land crazy and only did it for that. The more I read, I actually learned that it wasn’t just for the land, it was for religious freedom from the Great Britain. I was quite surprised that what they teach you here actually is 200 percent more accurate than what I learned when I was a kid. All the Disney movies have a lot of false information compared to what actually happened.
I wasn’t surprised that the colonists actually began to suffer, due to the fact that they new almost nothing about the “New World”. They didn’t know what good soil to grow crops in, so they couldn’t grow food, nor did they have the appropriate shelter. It surprised me that people wanted to find gold to make profit more than making food to live. The colonists were really lazy and not ready to do anything for themselves, for a weird reason. Only wanting freedom made them lazy I guess, in my opinion. The Puritans actually did something useful, and if they hadn’t we would probably not even be here right now.
Questions I had:
Why and how did the colonists act so lazy?
The laziness almost killed the colony, why didn't anyone try to stop it when it developed in the first place?
Ryan Applegate -
Before reading, I did not realize the level to which the colonists struggled when settling in America. After finishing the packet, I now know that they faced many struggles in hunger, disease, and even worse than disease – laziness. The fact that those in England expected upper-class people to work is laughable. It shocks me that even with the aid of Native Americans, the settlers in Jamestown lacked the motivation to accomplish anything. Also, I had no idea that the witch trials were more or less started by one person. The assumption I would make about early colonists is that they were a people that thrived under good leadership, but were helpless without. They needed someone to tell them what to do. Otherwise, they were immensely overwhelmed.
Questions:
1. Why is it that England thought sending high-class people would be productive? Did they expect them to lead?
2. Why did the Native Americans try for so long to assist the colonists, when the colonists gave them virtually nothing in return?
3. Why would Smith not remain in Jamestown, when the city thrived so much under his leadership?
4. What was Tituba’s motivation to lie for so long about being a witch? Sure it kept her from being executed, but was there further reason?
5. Why were Puritan men so hard on their wives? How did they expect the women to carry so much of a burden?
Prior to reading these articles i had thought that the colonists were sent more prepare than they were. After reading the articles i can see that they were not ready for the challenge of setting up a colony. In Jamestown they were starved because they only cared about trying to find gold and didn't try to plant much food. They eventually pulled out in the end. I could also see that the biggest reason people would come to the Americas would be to escape troubles in Europe, manly for religious reasons.
Austin Gardner
Block 9
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