Friday, February 20, 2009

The Mayflower Arrival

When the voyagers arrived in the New World, it was winter time and it was very cold. A group of men went to go explore and came across an abandoned Indian camp. The Indians went to a different camp in the winter. So the men came and they found mounds. They dug the mounds up and discovered either corn or the grave of someone. The men took the corn and instead of burying the dead, they looted the graves. The women were also eager to get off the boat. Not to mention the foul stench and the sick people. However, since there were no dry or wet suits, the men started to get chills because the just wore wool clothes and leather boots. So there were still many problems that they faced even off the boat.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Mayflower


Some unexpected problems occurred while planning the Mayflower voyage. One of the problems that they had while planning out the voyage was the cost. It was estimated to have cost about fifteen-hundred pounds sterling . Another problem was one of the ships was taking on a lot of water. This was because the masts were too large and were creating a lot of torque, causing strain on the ship. Some of the first voyagers got off the ship when they turned around. It was a very hard voyage, spending nine weeks at sea, but finally they made it to the New World.

Friday, February 6, 2009

The Boston Massacre Trial


In the Boston Massacre 5 people were killed. In the t.v. show, John Adams, I thought that they did the scene very well. it all started when about 200 rioters were throwing snowballs at a British soldier. the jury later found out that they were throwing oyster shells and clubs. the first shot was fired when someone threw a club at the soldiers head. Then the rioters were shouting " Fire, d*** you, fire!" However, Captain Preston who was in charge told them not to fire.In the trial for the British soldiers almost everyone in the court were very unhappy. They obviously hated the British and wanted them to hang for murder. They just wanted them dead. However, the British soldiers were innocent. The men who hated them even made up lies to get them proven guilty. In the end when the jury found the soldiers not guilty, the citizens were outraged. John Adams was defending the British soldiers. Sam Adams who hated the British as much as everybody else, knew john Adams did the right thing.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Thoughts on To Kill a Mockingbird







To kill a mockingbird is considered a sin. It is because the bird has a beautiful voice, so it would be bad to kill something so beautiful and innocent. I think it corresponds with the title of the movie because the man named Tom Robinson was accused of rape. However, everyone knew he was innocent, but I think they found him guilty because he was black. In the end he was shot and killed and should not have been killed. There was also a man named Boo Radley who was really unique. And if you killed him, that would be like killing a mockingbird because he didn't do anything wrong anyway.