unit 2 : assignment 1

1. 5 purposes of government are to maintain a balance of the people, protect people from other foreign attacks/invasions, to keep a system of money running, to provide public services, and schooling.
2. If there was a revolution going on because our government wasn’t fulfilling the purposes of government, then yes, I would most likely join. Now if there were things that could be taken away from me, such as my children (that I would probably have by that time in my life), or their freedom, then I might not do it. But if I could fight for something meaningful that would make a change that goes beyond my self, then I would do it. I just wouldn’t want to jeperdize my children’s freedom or their chances that they have to do something meaningful with their life.

assignment 7

From reading these documents, life in the colonies was pretty hard. People were very stuck on their traditions and ways, not giving much room for change. Slavery was very common, and it was usual for people to be kidnapped and traded or sold, like meat. Something that surprised when that i read was about the slaves that were children, who were kidnapped and carried for days without food. that's crazy, i mean i thought people just sold and bought people...and that's crazy too. but stealing people like that, not feeding them, and treating them...literally like they are NOTHING.Modern life in America is not to the same extremes as they were back then. although that's true, if you look at the bigger picture, people still do kidnap people, and jump them, and beat them. It's like they have no remorse, and no feelings. I don't understand how after all of this that our world has been through, all the pain and wars and dead mothers, fathers, children, brothers, sisters, how could some careless person add to all of that pain by kinapping a child, or beating somebody. Something has GOT to give one of these days.

assignment 1

As of today, I think that immigrants come to the US for more job opportunities, less race discrimination, or for a different government type. A lot of people don’t understand that the race issues in the US are probably not NEARLY as bad as some in other countries. Something a lot of people also don’t realize is that some governments, such as Mexico, are very corrupt, or some such as china’s, are still communist. People use to, and still do, see the US as a sort of haven or escape from their current placement, and I think they’re coming here to start over and have the privileges and rights that they should originally have by just being a person. If I were to have lived back when Europeans chose to move to the British colonies, honestly I have no idea if I would have moved due to economic or religious reasons. It would really have depended on the mindset of the people of that age and time, but if I were not free, that would definitely be a reason that I would move. With that being true, if I were free and the economy was down the drain and there was no income etc., then I definitely would have gone somewhere else. One factor that makes me think otherwise is that it is home, and family etc., that’s there could probably keep me back and poor. Freedom is another story though, because that’s a right you shouldn’t have to earn or acquire.