December 1775; Entry One
-----I strongly believe that keeping a bond with England will create a stronger government and continue to build a strong religion in Connecticut. Without Britain, the local government would not be as successful as it is today. Colonists began to seek the privilege of the new way of governing Connecticut. “The outbreak of hostilities brought no upheaval here in the leadership of affairs. The legislature worked together in harmony, and being chosen by the freemen themselves, were enabled to legislate favorably to popular will”(Gilbert,274). Having the legislatures work together will resolve problems peacefully and equally. The colonists set the boundaries in the constitution and have the freedom to exercise authority lawfully. Following the laws of our Mother Country will keep the people from rebelling and satisfy everyone with their daily lives. “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). With this in action, every town will have order and will be considered as an organized town. Unlike patriots, this government have more organization and be more effective than the self government of the patriots. Self government is not organized and will not lead the growing population into the right direction of the future Connecticut. “[I[t 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). We are still British subjects, and we are responsible to be apart of the Constitution and to participate in the rules of the Constitution. Bottom line is, by British Law, Parliament has the right to tax the colonists, which the colonists has to obey the laws and orders given to them.
December 1775; Entry Two
-----Faith and the church will keep the colony and the King strongly bonded. If the colonists follow the Kings practice of the Church, the King will be pleased and will support the colonists in America. This will show the King that we are proud to still be British, while living in America. “[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). The influence of the King’s Christianity will build Connecticut into a stronger colony. Not only will we be connected with the King but, we will all be more united and whole as a colony. Following the religion of our King will do great to our colony and the civil duties to Connecticut will be established. “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). Following the ways of our King shows our loyalty to our Mother Country. We must stay devoted 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. Although, some colonists seeks otherwise and believes in becoming a self government. Instead, they seek the loyalists as unfair. We are all still British! What ever actions the patriots take, they will always be British and nothing can change that fact. Becoming a self government will create chaos and will make living in America hard. Independence from Britain will destroy our hard work into building a strong colony. Our import and exports will no longer exist, and we, the colonists will have to learn how to support our colony. This would mean learning how to make clothes, chairs, spoons, and other daily accessories. What the patriots need to realize is that we may be living in America but that does not mean we are Americans. We are a united colony that is devoted to Britain.
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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