Benjamin Franklin

"Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One" was published in 1773. It was the time before the Revolutionary War. In that year, a series of events happened in America which is builds to the Revolutionary War. First, the British government increases the tax. The Americans sent representative to Britain. They hoped they could talk to the king about the tax. However, they failed. American people were so angry. They think if their words are meaningless to the king or the Congress, then, they did not need to pay the tax. Many business organizations smuggle to against the government, but they faced pressure from the Kingdom http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm).

One of the most famous events happened at that time is the Boston tea party http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party). Some tea businessmen begin to smuggle tea from China and India to reduce the cost in tax. In December 16th 1773, four ships, which were full of tea, refused to enter the port. People in revolution organization got on the ship, destroy this tea, and sink into the ocean.

This is an important event. People in America soon showed their different attitude in the event. The funny thing is, as a hero after USA build, Franklin try to against the revolution at that time. He did not think people did right thing. Instead, he trusted that people should pay for this tea from tax. Franklin turned his attitude into support only after his trust the revolution will success.

With these events began in America, Franklin began to think about problems existing in Britain. The edge part will have problem first. Just like a cake. These edge places will separate first because of lack of control from central government. He also mentioned that the government should listen to the sound from edge people. Even he did not agree with the independency through the war. He also noticed the Britain government, if the war begins in colony, they would face a lot of problems. Franklin showed a lot of evidence and reason to let the Britain know what was wrong. He saw a lot conflict in last few years. After feeling nothing from the Britain government, Franklin began to support the revolution.

In 18 countries, even a lot conflicts began. Most people in America still lived in a peaceful way. However, they begin to face problems such as high tax. Native businessmen begin to lose their market and opportunities on selling. When the war began, the newborn USA had big problems in the economy. The company broke down. USA also lost the chance to output their product. The British product is much cheaper. The new government chose to stop trade with Britain. However, it failed. The output reduced a lot, and sailors lost their work.

It is that time, USA's production industry improved a lot. Newly built factories produced enough to against the British items. The USA found the way to independence from the Britain. A way cut the dependency of the Britain.

At these years, disasters go through the whole of America. A lot of people died in different disasters. It is the problem from the slave trade. Slavers bring many diseases from their own country.

During that period, Franklin began to change his mind to support the independency. At that time, many conflicts began, and the British government showed no ability to stop them. Several years before 1773, the Americans seemed like sheep without any idea of change. They felt good with the convenience from British government. Now everything changed. People want to show their mind because they did not feel good with the tax and acts. Before that point, Franklin may say much more about how to deal with these conflicts like advice, and it more like an alert or warning.

Chinese Government VS American Government

When we talk about the difference between China and USA, the two governments are always compared. Since both China and USA are huge countries, they really have two different senses in government. Here i would like to compare several staff between two countries. How the citizens effect the government? How much the power holds by two countries? In addition, how country machines affect our life.

One of the most important differences between Chinese government and USA government is how much people can affect government. In USA, most time citizen did not have too much affect on government. Citizen elective for member of government, but most time people did not know about whom they are voting to. Same thing happens in China too. When the government launches a vote for some position, the government will release a list of people. However, most time, we did not know them. The difference is, citizen can go straightly to figure out some one in position but did something wrong. Then the government will go and do research on them. In USA, citizen did not have this right. However, a group citizen can ask for organization to check the problem

(http://wikibin.org/articles/comparison-of-chinese-and-united-states-governments.html).

The efficient in two governments are different. Chinese government can build a building in a mouth. It could never happen in USA. When I just arrived Jacksonville, my friends told me that the government is building a high way. Now, two years passed, the road did no more than 10 miles. In Shanghai, when the government wants to build a 200 floor high building, they only spend one year to finish the work. When USA has some nature disaster, the army may spend so much time before they go out of their base. In china, when earthquake happened, the army gets in to disaster area in two hours. USA government has a much stricter rule for working. It is much more right, but cost more time. Chinese government works more like a random way to do that

(http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/08/the-difference-between-the-chinese-and-the-u-s-view-of-clean-tech-subsidies).

The two governments have their own advantages. We cannot say which one is better because both governments are challenged for hundreds years.

Poe and darkness in human’s mind

Most time people talking about beautiful life and life full of positive things. However, some things happen out of our image. We also should face many failures. Edgar Allen Poe always write a different tome of passive, but it is also the life. In this blog, I want to talk about how the passive feeling effect our work and life. I also want to talk about why passive feeling is also important to people.

Poe did not live in a happy family. Instead, he face a lot unfortunate things during whole his life. He is the first one who known as writing literature for life. He is always lack of money, his wife die only two years after his marriage wedding. When Poe is young, he did not finish his university as usual. His step farther only pays one-third tuitions for his university which cause Poe go betting with other people for money. However, he got bad luck. Even later, Poe becomes famous with his literature. When he died, he is only 40 years old (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe).

Most of Poe's literatures show craziness. Bad human kinds, something unusual, all things happened in Poe's fiction are abnormal, but they seem so reasonable. Every people have his dark side. The Bible also told us that human has seven sins.

1. A proud look.
2. A lying tongue.
3. Hands that shed innocent blood.
4. A heart that devises wicked plots.
5. Feet that are swift to run into mischief.
6. A deceitful witness that uttereth lies.
7. Him that soweth discord among brethren.

No matter how kind a person is, he never escapes from these deadly sins. When people face a big trouble, the first idea come with us is so evil. Fortunately, most time we can control our body. We did things kind while we had a evil idea. However, once we could not control our mind, the devil comes. There is an old saying, human have no need to afraid the demons unless we lose our mind.

(http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/47338.html)

Overall, Poe shows a different face of human beings. A craziness world is without controlling their mind. It is abnormal to most people. However, it does exist in our mind. We see what happened in Poe's fiction, and keep remind ourselves which help us keep our mind in a right way.

Irving's description of independence

Like Washington Irving wrote in Rip Van Winkle, Irving describe that the life of American citizen. He said their lives did not change a lot. Even Rip sleep for twenty years, his life did not change so much. He still lives in an old way. A lot of things changed after independency revolution. In history, how the American independency war changed the life of people and the society.

For the whole country, the revolution announced the independence of U.S. It means the united State is no longer a colony of British. It is a country now. There are many staffs which should be done as a country. Firstly, the country needs its own law. They could not use the law of Britain any more. They need to fit their own land. Secondly, even united state independent from Britain, they still face the situation that they may attack by Europe countries. Britain never wants to lose their land. The new United State is also going to war with Indian Tribe (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_differences_between_the_Declaration_of_Independence_and_the_US_Constitution).

 

Just like Irving said, the life of Americans did not change so much. One of the reason is that people in American lives much more independency from government. Most people only show the interest in the government activity. It changes really a little with the change or elective of government. In fact, most people did not know how they run with the elective (http://www.governmentisgood.com/feature.php?fid=3). Most time, people always feel good with that the government gives them. In fact, American government really did very good with what the government gave them.

Indians and Africa Americans play a important role in revolution. Those people join the military, and fight with Britain army. That makes Americans to think about their right. All these people construct the staffs to make United State think more about the freedom and human right. Not only for special group of people, but should be equal for all of them(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_States).

 

Since the United State from Britain, many things changed. The government is constructed. The countries begin to consider the sprite of united state which attracts many different people join united state later.

The slavery in U.S.A

It is well known that the slavery existed for a long time. We do not know when 
it began.  One thing that we can sure is that those Africa Americans played a 
really important role in United State. They are a part of Americans and shared 
the same right like all other citizen.  I want to know how they sell to U.S.A and 
how the situation they had.
 

The African American had the same history as the Europeans in American.  When the Europeans begin to set their colony, they need lot workers for their setting of colony.  One of the best ways   to solve this problem is using slaver to do all those staff.  Those slaver do not need reward. All they need is a space to sleep and food to eat. Most time slave plant or hunt for them.  These slavers came from two parts. Some of them are African who captured to American as slaver for sale.  The Triangle Trade is the name that is the event that voyage among Africa, American and Europe. Those sailors got Africa black from Africa by buy or just capture.  Another source that Britain colony got slaver is Native American. Since there are several war between native Indians. Many Indians became slaver in Europeans’ colony. They do the thing, which is the same they did in Africa.

 (http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/underground/slave.htm)
 
Since slavery become very popular in U.S.A, the agriculture improved a lot in U.S.A. North American use huge numbers of slaver to plant. As a result, North America has a much more advanced economic than South America.  At that time, those slavers are treated so terrible, and most of them do not have human right.  However, the government did not want to stop slavery. One of the important reasons is that slavery is good for government.  The government is also creating law for slavery. They could not be taught and will be punished if escape. These two laws destroyed the hope of slavers. It means they face huge problems for free themselves. The lords also have the right to shot those who escaped.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War)
 
 
All in all, slavery is a strict role for that Africa Americans. It not only took their
  faith away, but also took off their future. However, it benefits the government and the union of the country. So it is reasonable at that time. When the American free citizen begins to think about the human right, new conflicts begins.

Mary Rowlandson - conflict between natives and europeans

Why there are several wars between native Indians and Europeans? One of the most important reasons is misunderstanding. Just like an old saying, revenge creates nothing but new revenge. Things always happen like this; some actions of Europeans may hurt the pride of Indian Lords. Then, things happened. Wars begin between two kinds of people in American.

It seems Indians did not hate those people who voyage the Atlantic to land on America. Instead, they thought Europeans more like the gods who promised will return after several thousand years later. Those Indians offer Europeans food supply, gold and high honor. However, these staffs only happened at very first explorers land on American. Those Europeans focus on discover more in the land. Most time they can stay very good with native people and learn how their living is. They also share knowledge with Native Americans. They bring advanced technology to the Indian tribe. After these People went back to Europe, all things changed.

(http://www.philaprintshop.com/debrytxt.html)

Late on, with Europeans begin to familiar with the new land. Those lords in Europe send a great force to America. They robed some Indians tribe first. It brings those soldiers honor and money to back their home town. Then, those lords had more ambition. They want to make their kingdom bigger, more land, and more population. There are two different way to do this. First one is make a promise with Indian lords. It always happened like this: Europeans supply money, item, and specialist to help tribe improve. Instead, the tribe should announce as a part of a European country like Spain or Britain. This is a peace way, but not everyone wants that. Most Indians have their own pride. Then the war begins. Europeans send army to destroy Indians city, capture their people. Indians then do this as payback too. With the time going by, it is not a problem anymore. It is an attitude now.

(http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/stories/0503_0107.html)

With most advanced weapons, Europeans finally set most Native Americans to their new hometown which is far away in western land. Even some people keep doing effort to create a balance to make the two kinds stay in peace and have a new life. It finally becomes true after the independence of United State. Without controlling by European country, the first time that two kind do not have a reason to conflict.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States)

(http://espressostalinist.wordpress.com/genocide/native-american-genocide/)

Thomas Paine

As we know that religion plays an important role in American history. Like most European countries, in American’s early time, Church seems much more important than government. In other words, religion deals more effect than government. Here I want to discuss that how Religion changes in American. Some things are about Thomas Paine and why his mind can be so popular in United State.

The religion in American affected a lot by Native and European culture. When the European religion strongly rushed the Native religion, some Native religion idea also affected the church, some people who work for church even seek for ideas from tribe to understand bible in another way. Since these new ideas come into the church, some people who had high education begin to doubt some part of origin religion. There are a lot of new kinds of religion came out. Some of them focus on the nature, and some of them focus on human relationship. Many new different ideas lead to the religion of United State now. Pretty beautiful and opened mind

(http://are.as.wvu.edu/ruvolo.htm).

Now, let us focus on Paine, Paine is a British man. After he arrived American, his mind changed a lot. He began to think about the human themselves. He only believe that god create the world and make rules for everything (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine).  However, we still have the power to control ourselves. He said the only one we should faith is our self. In our daily life, we can do much more than we have imaged. He did not trust the church. He did not think that we need any church or priest. He said, they are conjurors, and the god is never affecting our life or history. He also suggests us to live in a logos way. It is very important to avoid controlling by our own emotion

(http://atheism.about.com/library/quotes/bl_q_TPaine.htm).

As he stand in the American side to think about the war. Paine is not the only one who is a British but stands at American side, and encourages the independence. Another one is George Washington who become first president later. It can be described by the religion. When people begin to trust themselves instead to trust the god, people live in new land begin to seek for more freedom. Every freedom begin with the freedom of people’s mind

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religion_in_the_United_States).