Friday 9/4

To be loyal, or not to be loyal? That was really the question of the time. Things should be back to regular class come Tuesday thankfully. Until then the last thing you will be looking at this week and early next week is the debate over what the colonists should do? Things have been growing apart between Britain and America but what does that mean? Do they really try to challenge the greatest nation on the planet at the time. Great Britain would essentially squash any country in the world. They had colonies and territories all over the world, how dare America challenge their authority. The colonists were split. Most people living there you have to remember were born in Britain or at least consider themselves British. It would be a difficult decision to do anything crazy, especially knowing it could mean death for themselves. Two major groups formed. Those called "Loyalists" who were simply Loyal to the King and Britain. On the other side were Patriots or Rebels, those that desired Independence. You are looking at the big debate between the two. Common Sense was a small pamphlet by the way that was HUGE at the time. It was the Harry Potter/Hunger Games/Twitter of its day. Though short it was powerful, and gave arguments for why America should become its own country. In the words of Thomas Paine it was common sense to break free. He did his best to convince colonists to agree with him. Have a good 3 day weekend!

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