I. The local government in Connecticut became well molded with the help from the loyalists.
-------A. Colonists saw the privilege of the new way of governing Connecticut. Not only will everyone be satisfied but, it will make the colonists happy.
----------i. “The outbreak of hostilities brought no upheaval here in the leadership of affairs. The governor and both branches of the legislature worked together in harmony, and being chosen by the freemen themselves, were enabled to legislate favorably to popular will”( Gilbert,274).
-------------a. Having the legislatures work together will resolve any problems that they will have to face in the future.
-------------b. Following the laws of England will keep the people from rebelling and keep everyone satisfied with their daily lives.
-------------c. The people set the boundaries in the constitution and have the freedom to exercise authority lawfully.
----------ii. “Every town had its three or more selectmen, two or more justices of the peace, two or more constables, town clerk, town treasurer, surveyors of highways, fence-viewers, listers, collectors of taxes, leather-sealers, grand jurors, tithing men, hay-wards, chimney-viewers, gaugers, packers, sealers of weight and measures, key-keepers, records of “sheep-markers” etc” (Gilbert,275).
-------------a. With this in action, every town will have order and will be considered as an organized town.
-------------b. Unlike patriots, this government will give more organization and be more effective than the self government of the patriots.
-------------c. Self government is not organized and will not lead the growing population of the colonists into the right direction of the future Connecticut.
----------iii. “That it is the duty of every person in the colonies to oppose by every lawful means the execution of those acts imposed on them, and if they can in no other way be relieved, to reassume their natural rights and the authority the laws of nature and of God have vested them with”(http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ct_resolutions_1765.asp).
-------------a. We give every one living in the colony responsibility to be apart of the English Constitution and to participate in the rules of the Constitution.
-------------b. Bottom line is, by British Law, Parliament has the right to tax the colonists and which the colonists has to obey the law and orders given to them.
II. Faith and the church will keep the colony and the King strongly bonded.
-------A. If the colonists follow the Kings practice of the Church, the King will be pleased and will support the colonists in America.
-----------i. “[I]t speaks well for the influence and Christian character of the Episcopal clergy [in Connecticut,] that their congregation so generally sympathized with them in their views both of religious and civil duties; “that inculcated upon their members, both from the pulpit and in private conversation, a peaceful submission to the King and to the parent state;” that “they were fearless in avowing and vindicating what they conceived to be not only the essential rights of the British Crown, but the essential interests of their venerated communion”(Gilbert,277).
------------a. The influence of the King’s Christianity will build Connecticut into a stronger colony.
------------b. Following the religion of our King will do great to our colony and the civil duties to Connecticut will established.
----------ii. “The Churchmen throughout the colony “espoused for the most part the cause of the mother country, and thereby showed themselves loyal subjects of the King”(Gilbert,277).
------------a. Following the ways of our king will show our loyalty to our Mother Country.
------------b. We must stay loyal to our Mother Country, after all, our Mother Country is what keeps us secure and supplies our Connecticut colony with food, clothes, tables, and other important daily accessories.
iii. Although, some colonists believed in becoming a self government.
-------A. The loyalists has good intentions but, the patriots do not see that as good intentions. Instead, they seek the loyalists as unfair.
-------B. We are all still British. What ever actions you take, we will always be British and follow the constitution.
-------C. Becoming a self government will create chaos between the colonists and the British . Independence from Britain
-------D. No more import/exports which also means no trade which means colonists will have to learn how to make their own daily accessories (spoons, chairs, etc. ) and learn how to grow their own food.
Citations:
Daniels, Bruce . "Connecticut's Villiages Become Mature Towns: The Complexity of Local Institutions, 1676-1776." 13 Nov 2008
Fingerhut, Eugene . "Uses and Abuses of the American Loyalists' Claims: A Critique of Quantitative Analyses." 13 Nov 2008
Gilbert, G. A. "The Connecticut Loyalists." 13 Nov 2008
The Massachusetts Gazette, "Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act: December 10, 1765." 19December1765. 10 Nov 2008
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