Comments on: The New Nation Begins http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mIcHeLe S http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-337 mIcHeLe S Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:30:19 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-337 During the war every night i prayed for it to end. although i backed the patriots in their fight, i just wanted to live free and happy. i did not back the "king". Now, my new life here in New Jersey is great!! i'm free, happy, and being very well educated even though i'm a girl. i plan on attending college, and being a lawyer when i'm older. Thank god it is over and we are free!!!! During the war every night i prayed for it to end. although i backed the patriots in their fight, i just wanted to live free and happy. i did not back the “king”. Now, my new life here in New Jersey is great!! i’m free, happy, and being very well educated even though i’m a girl. i plan on attending college, and being a lawyer when i’m older. Thank god it is over and we are free!!!!

]]> By: Brett D http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-336 Brett D Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:57:00 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-336 Being a teenager after the end of the war,I would be very happy. I would like the fact that we have won our independence. I would have been backing the patriots all the way from the start of their cry for freedom. Daily life would be so nice due to we can forget about the attacks and battles that were occurring throughout the war. The war ending is like a new start. All new stuff begins to happen, but before you know it, another war has started up again. However, war can not be discarded. It is the way, we the people, fight for our rights. Just like how the Beastie boys said," You gotta fight, for your right, to paarrrrrrrtttttty!" Being a teenager after the end of the war,I would be very happy. I would like the fact that we have won our independence. I would have been backing the patriots all the way from the start of their cry for freedom. Daily life would be so nice due to we can forget about the attacks and battles that were occurring throughout the war. The war ending is like a new start. All new stuff begins to happen, but before you know it, another war has started up again. However, war can not be discarded. It is the way, we the people, fight for our rights. Just like how the Beastie boys said,” You gotta fight, for your right, to paarrrrrrrtttttty!”

]]> By: eakin http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-335 eakin Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:41:27 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-335 Alex W.'s response is on the other blog. Go back and click on the comments under the History and Blogging if you would like to see hers! Alex W.’s response is on the other blog. Go back and click on the comments under the History and Blogging if you would like to see hers!

]]> By: eakin http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-334 eakin Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:39:25 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-334 Well that was an interesting journey with a bunch of teenagers. Hmmmm to many things to comment on...but as a whole it was enjoyable to read. The creativity in some of you is amazing! So... no, there were no hippies sorry Brooke, Jarret is that a football remark?, Kayleigh sounds like you swallowed a Jane Austin diary, and Jalessa you are having way too much fun, that was great! Stefanie I don't know how you put those notes in your name - that was clever, Zach nice politicing to get noticed by the townspeople are you going to run for office?, Kyle great idea for the diary entry - very original which is hard to do here! You all told great stories. Next time I will comment more as we go along. And a great big thank you to everyone who went on more then once! That's the spirit of blogging. So by popular demand we will continue these. Warm up your fingers!!! Well that was an interesting journey with a bunch of teenagers. Hmmmm to many things to comment on…but as a whole it was enjoyable to read. The creativity in some of you is amazing! So… no, there were no hippies sorry Brooke, Jarret is that a football remark?, Kayleigh sounds like you swallowed a Jane Austin diary, and Jalessa you are having way too much fun, that was great! Stefanie I don’t know how you put those notes in your name - that was clever, Zach nice politicing to get noticed by the townspeople are you going to run for office?, Kyle great idea for the diary entry - very original which is hard to do here! You all told great stories. Next time I will comment more as we go along. And a great big thank you to everyone who went on more then once! That’s the spirit of blogging.
So by popular demand we will continue these. Warm up your fingers!!!

]]> By: Gabi W. http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-333 Gabi W. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:46:36 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-333 Wow! This is going to be hard to beat. Your all CRAZY! Mike, I agree. The (big fat stupid) King is so far away and yet he can control us. That doesnt make sense to me. I'm glad we are fighting to become our own nation. (Not too thrilled with the whole fighting thing in general though). I'll be happy when the war is over. All the guys in town need to return home safely so we can continue our lives as planned, except maybe with a little more freedom. Until then I'm helping as much as I can for being a teenager during the Revolutionary War. Wow! This is going to be hard to beat. Your all CRAZY!
Mike, I agree. The (big fat stupid) King is so far away and yet he can control us. That doesnt make sense to me. I’m glad we are fighting to become our own nation. (Not too thrilled with the whole fighting thing in general though). I’ll be happy when the war is over. All the guys in town need to return home safely so we can continue our lives as planned, except maybe with a little more freedom. Until then I’m helping as much as I can for being a teenager during the Revolutionary War.

]]> By: Chelsea W. http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-332 Chelsea W. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:12:00 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-332 thank god the war is over. it was a long journey but we have succeeded. during the war my father left and fought, he did not return leaving my mother, brother, and me. im hapy the war is over no one else has to die for the justice of the people. now that the war is over it is time to go back to daily life. Now that my father is gone my borther will have to go work and help suport the family. me and my mother will stay home taking care of the farm. ill have to cook and clean. its a hard life but its the only way to survive. thank god the war is over. it was a long journey but we have succeeded. during the war my father left and fought, he did not return leaving my mother, brother, and me. im hapy the war is over no one else has to die for the justice of the people.

now that the war is over it is time to go back to daily life. Now that my father is gone my borther will have to go work and help suport the family. me and my mother will stay home taking care of the farm. ill have to cook and clean. its a hard life but its the only way to survive.

]]> By: Shayfer L. http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-331 Shayfer L. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:45:34 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-331 This war was very stressful on everyone that lived with every state because food was scarce, everyday you would hear about some sort of battle that happened and would always hope that it wouldn't get to close to your home for it to become abandoned. Throughout the war my family was die hard patriots. My dad and three brothers enlisted, but sadly i could not because of my age. The only thing is who knows what the outcome is going to bring, i hope within two hundred years for those people then they will have a safe country and not ever have an idiot president to bring them into a war. This war was a struggle from the beginning but once victory became a reality there was much hope in all of our eyes.. i just wished i could have been old enough to fight in it so i would have a place in history and to have said to my kids that i fought for this country in the very first war. This war was very stressful on everyone that lived with every state because food was scarce, everyday you would hear about some sort of battle that happened and would always hope that it wouldn’t get to close to your home for it to become abandoned. Throughout the war my family was die hard patriots. My dad and three brothers enlisted, but sadly i could not because of my age. The only thing is who knows what the outcome is going to bring, i hope within two hundred years for those people then they will have a safe country and not ever have an idiot president to bring them into a war. This war was a struggle from the beginning but once victory became a reality there was much hope in all of our eyes.. i just wished i could have been old enough to fight in it so i would have a place in history and to have said to my kids that i fought for this country in the very first war.

]]> By: Kyle F http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-330 Kyle F Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:57:52 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-330 Awaken by the sounds of cannons in my dream, i sit up from the ground, my feet are turning black. Looking at the fire there are still a couple embers, i manage to light a candle. Reaching for my journal, I begin to write... I am 18, in the army, on my own with no family. My brothers are dead, they were killed in the battle of trenton . Luckily they left me there boots, we have been camped for 3 days. I sit here thinking why am I here, for freedom... So many have left the army for safety why did i not follow suit. My brothers have died in the American Army so that our country can become free or maybe become free from taxes. Is this a money game, I know why I am still in this Army, this tent. I am not fighting for myself, if i was i would have left a long time ago, I am fighting for the future and a better life for the next generations. Life goes on. I close my book, blow out my candle and fall asleep. Awaken by the sounds of cannons in my dream, i sit up from the ground, my feet are turning black. Looking at the fire there are still a couple embers, i manage to light a candle. Reaching for my journal, I begin to write…

I am 18, in the army, on my own with no family. My brothers are dead, they were killed in the battle of trenton . Luckily they left me there boots, we have been camped for 3 days. I sit here thinking why am I here, for freedom… So many have left the army for safety why did i not follow suit. My brothers have died in the American Army so that our country can become free or maybe become free from taxes. Is this a money game, I know why I am still in this Army, this tent. I am not fighting for myself, if i was i would have left a long time ago, I am fighting for the future and a better life for the next generations. Life goes on.

I close my book, blow out my candle and fall asleep.

]]> By: Tom F. http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-329 Tom F. Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:32:20 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-329 These are strange days. My mother is an Irish immagrant my father from Italy, they are both hardworking and although we may not be millionaires we are getting by ok. People are talking about patriots and loyalists. i dont know much about the politics so I really don't choose a side. My mother is a Patriot after how poorly the English treated her and her ancestors but my father is just as apathetic as me, he plays patriot to keep my mother happy. What i'm really interested in is music and business. I hope to one day own a business in Philadelphia, become a business man, establish myself to help support my children and their children. War will be ending soon. The more i think about it the more i realize that being a new country could be a very good thing. There is talk of having a weak central government which means less taxes. Hey whatever allows more food on the table and warmer clothes on my back makes me a happy guy. These are strange days. My mother is an Irish immagrant my father from Italy, they are both hardworking and although we may not be millionaires we are getting by ok. People are talking about patriots and loyalists. i dont know much about the politics so I really don’t choose a side. My mother is a Patriot after how poorly the English treated her and her ancestors but my father is just as apathetic as me, he plays patriot to keep my mother happy. What i’m really interested in is music and business. I hope to one day own a business in Philadelphia, become a business man, establish myself to help support my children and their children. War will be ending soon. The more i think about it the more i realize that being a new country could be a very good thing. There is talk of having a weak central government which means less taxes. Hey whatever allows more food on the table and warmer clothes on my back makes me a happy guy.

]]> By: Jacky F. http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-328 Jacky F. Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:16:31 +0000 http://eakin.edublogs.org/2007/11/20/the-new-nation-begins/#comment-328 Amazing everybody! I really do think we should do this again. And maybe I won't write as much next time, no promises though! :] Amazing everybody! I really do think we should do this again.

And maybe I won’t write as much next time, no promises though! :]

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