Essay #2 Outline 3

Thesis:
I. England’s actions have forced us to work against them.


Background Information:
I. The British army is forcing us to defend ourselves against them.
A. We colonists are just trying to protect ourselves against British attacks by fighting back against them.
1. “President George Washington said, ‘to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace’” (Preparing for a Generation of Peace).
a. We cannot and will not stand by as the British are everywhere killing colonists.
b. British soldiers were placed in colonies without the consent of the people.

II. We sent petitions to the King of England asking for him to change what was happening in the colony, but he chose to ignore our requests.
A. Being constantly ignored by the King and Parliament is why we decided to separate from England permanently.
1. “In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people” (Declaration of Independence).
a. We tried to be patient. We tried to be nice and grateful. We did everything we could to persuade the King in the humblest way possible and nothing changed for us. Nothing changed for the good of the colony.


Body:
I. British Parliament is creating unfair laws and taxes for the colonies.
A. Parliament and the King are constantly creating more laws that restrict what we can and cannot do. This has created much animosity within the colonies against the British.
1. “The wary, uneasy equilibrium within society degenerated into violent disorder when the oligarchy’s demands destroyed lower-class autonomy and became too harsh, excessively vindictive, or patently unjust” (The Social Order and Violent Disorder: An Analysis of North Carolina in the Revolution and the Civil War, 375).
a. None of the laws that have been enacted so far have benefited the colonies. The laws only benefited England and their agenda.
b. Parliament raised taxes for colonists on British goods.
i. "North Carolina taxes...included dues to the Crown and taxes levied by Parliament" (The Payment of Provincial and Local Taxes in North Carolina, 1748-1771, 218).
c. The taxes that we pay are being used to pay for England’s debts that we had nothing to do with.
d. Parliament took away colonial laws that they didn’t approve of.

II. England has taken away rights that were given to us because we are British citizens.
A. Parliament is taking away some of our most essential rights so that they will have even more control over us.
1. “Statutes have been passed for extending the jurisdiction of courts of admiralty and vice-admiralty beyond their ancient limits” (Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms).
a. The right of trial by jury has been taken away from us.
i. If someone in our colony is charged of a crime, they will be sent to England to be tried. Before England created that law, colonists would be tried by a jury of their peers not complete strangers in England.
B. Parliament interfering in our government process. They put in officials that they wanted and who they knew would always side with them even if it wasn’t right.
1. There is too much corruption within our government system. We can never get anything that will be in our favor because everything is favoring the British Parliament.


Discussion:
I. Are my sources credible?
A. All my sources are credible.
B. Some of my sources came from JSTOR.
C. Other sources I used came from other reliable databases.
II. What were the implications of some colonists being against England?
A. It led to the American Revolution.
B. The Declaration of Congress was signed, declaring the colonies independent of English rule.


Works Cited:

1. Walter, Jr., Alonzo J. "Preparing for a Generation of Peace." December 31, 2003. 13 Nov 2008 < http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1972/may-jun/walter.html >.

2. Crow, Jeffrey J., Escott, Paul J. "The Social Order and Violent Disorder: An Analysis of North Carolina in the Revolution and the Civil War." The Journal of Southern History. Vol 52. Issue 3. August 1986. pg 375. 13 Nov 2008 < http://www.jstor.org/stable/2209568 >.

3. "Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776." The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Lillian Goldman Law Library. 13 Nov 2008 < http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/declare.asp >.

4. "Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms." The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Lillian Goldman Law Library. 15 Nov 2008 < http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/arms.asp >.

5. Kay, Michael, L., Marvin. "The Payment of Provincial and Local Taxes in North Carolina, 1748-1771." The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series Vol 26. Issue 2.April 1969 218. 16 Nov 2008 < http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918676 >.