Letters to my cousin Take on the role of a colonist in pre-Revolutionary America and his cousin in England.
In a letter to your (fictional) cousin in Great Britain, make your argument for the
colonies' independence, using specific references to the reasoning and evidence in
Henry's speech or Paine's text.
Also, taking the role of your cousin, prepare a letter from the point of view of a loyal
British citizen.
You will write two letters and corresponding response.
You will be attempting to persuade your cousin to change his mind.
You must include references to actual events from 1765 to 1776.
/30pts Includes at least six references and descriptions to actual events in the
time period.
140pts Neat, Historically Accurate, Creative, Presentation
/30pts Follows the conventions of a letter and each is at least one page long

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

explanation:

are you asking for our opinion?

the correct answer is "pioneers carried all of their possessions on long and dangerous trails".

the first wave of pioneers travelled in 1842. they were merely 100 people. the next year that sum climbed to 1000 men, women, and children. these people travelled around 2,000 miles to oregon in the hopes of a better life. although the first part of the trip didn't present many obstacles, as time and miles went by they learnt that threat came from simple things, like becoming ill due to unclean water or bad food.

the weather didn't much, as wagons couldn't protect them from storms. as they travelled through the desert, the intense heat caused wood to shrink. their own lips abscessed and split because of the dry air. the only cure for this was to rub axle grease on their lips.

even crossing rivers was dangerous. sometimes wheels were damaged by unseen rocks on shallow water. mud didn't much either. pioneers were afraid of indian attacks, but there aren't many records of fights between pioneers and native americans. accidents happened because of negligence, exhaustion, guns, and bad weather.

history says that 1 of 10 pioneers who travelled to oregon didn't survive the journey. diseases spread fastly because they didn't have doctors and medical care was ofently improvised. one of the most deadly diseases they came upon was cholera, which became a worldwide pandemia.