I believe that the Electoral College, the way it is today, doesn't work for our country. For example, when Bush was elected, he had lost the popular vote. The electoral college votes put him in office. The electoral college should be changed so that things like that don't happen again. Only two states in the entire country can split their electoral votes and they are Maine and Nebraska. Neither have ever done it. I think that all states would be able to split their votes by percentage. Basically, minority parties in a state may actually have a chance in the election. For example, Massachusetts is and has always been liberal democrats. A republican in our state wouldn't have a say. No matter what, in the system the way it is, their voices would never be heard. Also more than eleven or twelve states should decide who the winner is. A major pro to the electoral college is that there is a lesser chance of a miscount. If we did voting by popular vote, miscounts could be easily done. I think that if we fixed the problems with the electoral college, more people would be happy with it. Not everyone will be happy, but it's impossible to make everyone happy. We can at least make a majority of our country like the system we use to elect our president.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
American Revolution
In 1774, the Continental Congress passed a declaration to arm themselves and sent a petition to then king. The king doesn't get word of this until February of 1775. Parliament sent 1,000 more troops to the colonies in response. On April 19, 1775, the British sent soldiers to capture arms in Concord and Lexington. The American Militia meets the British there. A shot was fired which was named "the shot heard 'round the world." The colonists fired the first shot but no one knows the person who fired. 269 British soldiers were either dead or wounded.
In May of 1775, a second Continental Congress meeting was called as an emergency meeting. Congress formed the national army. George Washington was nominated as the General. The only problem with him was that he had never commanded a successful operation. It must have been nerve racking for the colonists to have him as their leader.
The British burned down the whole town of Charlestown. The first major battle of the American Revolution was The Battle at Bunker Hill. The British take Bunker Hill but the Americans consider it a victory because of the amount of British casualties. The Americans had slave troops. If slaves signed up to fight, they would be given their freedom afterwards.
Colonists urged the Continental Congress to send a second petition to the king. The Olive Branch Petition was the last attempt to stop the fighting. The king never even read the petition so the fighting didn't stop until the end of the war. Adams was in the Revolution, and he saw that it would transform America, which it did in the long run.
In May of 1775, a second Continental Congress meeting was called as an emergency meeting. Congress formed the national army. George Washington was nominated as the General. The only problem with him was that he had never commanded a successful operation. It must have been nerve racking for the colonists to have him as their leader.
The British burned down the whole town of Charlestown. The first major battle of the American Revolution was The Battle at Bunker Hill. The British take Bunker Hill but the Americans consider it a victory because of the amount of British casualties. The Americans had slave troops. If slaves signed up to fight, they would be given their freedom afterwards.
Colonists urged the Continental Congress to send a second petition to the king. The Olive Branch Petition was the last attempt to stop the fighting. The king never even read the petition so the fighting didn't stop until the end of the war. Adams was in the Revolution, and he saw that it would transform America, which it did in the long run.
American Revolution 2
The Colonists and the British had major problems with each other. Therefore the the American Revolution broke out. The colonists pulled down the statue of the King of England and put the head on a stake. Naturally he did not like that too much. He sent 30,000 troops to fill Boston Harbour. It was the largest sea-borne attack in history. It was a war against the Mother country and it's daughter.
The Howe brothers run the British military and the American military was run by George Washington. The war started in the northern colonies (New York) and then moved south. Washington met with the British General for peace but he refused. The Americans wouldn't give up that easily. They did not want to back down and let the British win. So, the British had to stay in the colonies. They had to wait two months just to get supplies from Britain.
The British did horrible things while they were in the colonies, which spanned a seven year period. They used to wait for American women to walk by them and they would take advantage of them. No wonder why the colonists would not let these people win the war. American soldiers came from every colony. They tried to unite to beat a common enemy, the British. The Americans were getting slaughtered by the British and the Germans that fought with the British. Because the French didn't like the British either, they decided to help the Americans. It's a good thing they did because the colonists didn't have a chance without them.
The British targeted Brooklyn first. 15,000 troops landed on Long Island and the Americans were out numbered 2:1. They fired at very close range during this battle. The Americans held higher ground but they had no organization at all. Not like the British. The British surrounded the Colonists on all sides and so they fled. The British obviously won the battle of New York. The Americans started using Gorilla Warfare. They still were losing. By December of 1776, the British had taken New Jersey as well. The British eventually took all of New England under its control.
British started to head south. They befriend the Iroquois Indians for directional purposes. Americans resorted to knocking down trees and making obstacles so it was harder for the British to pass and sniping them out of trees.
The Howe brothers run the British military and the American military was run by George Washington. The war started in the northern colonies (New York) and then moved south. Washington met with the British General for peace but he refused. The Americans wouldn't give up that easily. They did not want to back down and let the British win. So, the British had to stay in the colonies. They had to wait two months just to get supplies from Britain.
The British did horrible things while they were in the colonies, which spanned a seven year period. They used to wait for American women to walk by them and they would take advantage of them. No wonder why the colonists would not let these people win the war. American soldiers came from every colony. They tried to unite to beat a common enemy, the British. The Americans were getting slaughtered by the British and the Germans that fought with the British. Because the French didn't like the British either, they decided to help the Americans. It's a good thing they did because the colonists didn't have a chance without them.
The British targeted Brooklyn first. 15,000 troops landed on Long Island and the Americans were out numbered 2:1. They fired at very close range during this battle. The Americans held higher ground but they had no organization at all. Not like the British. The British surrounded the Colonists on all sides and so they fled. The British obviously won the battle of New York. The Americans started using Gorilla Warfare. They still were losing. By December of 1776, the British had taken New Jersey as well. The British eventually took all of New England under its control.
British started to head south. They befriend the Iroquois Indians for directional purposes. Americans resorted to knocking down trees and making obstacles so it was harder for the British to pass and sniping them out of trees.
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