Amrev thingy final

PETER SMITH
Below
are
the
series
of
journals
Peter
Smith
had
wrote
in
his
life.

Peter
is
a
loyalist
who
believes
in
the
King.
After
his
ancestors

moved
to
America
he
lived
in
Georgia
where
lots
of
other
loyalist

families
were,
then
to
Boston
in
search
of
a
better
job
and
?inally

to
Philadelphia
because
of
problems
with
Bostonians.

Throughout
his
life,
Peter
had
been
very
patriotic
all
his
life
and

believes
in
the
King
no
matter
what.
In
his
early
life
he
admired

the
soldiers
that
roamed
the
streets
of
Georgia
with
their
Red

Coats
swaying
in
the
wind.
But
whenever
there
was
a
soldier

being
picked
on,
he
would
be
fed
up
and
he
couldn’t
understand

the
fury
Americans
had
against
the
King.
Thursday, May 16, 13

AFTERWORD
There
were
lots
of
effects
this
revolution
had
on
both
America
and
Great

Britain.
A
long-‐term
effect
was
the
making
of
the
new
government.
After
the

Articles
of
Confederation
failed,
the
government
had
to
make
a
new

government,
which
was
the
Constitution.
This
making
of
the
new

government
was
a
long-‐term
effect
as
it
is
still
in
use
today
as
it
spreads

power
using
Checks
and
Balances
in
the
government.
A
short-‐term
effect

was
the
anger
the
British
still
had
on
the
Americans.
Some
British,
especially

the
King,
wanted
America
back
as
one
of
their
colonies
so
they
fought
a
war

again
in
1812,
which
I
tried
to
foreshadow
with
my
last
post.
Once
this
revolution
changed,
America
of?icially
became
independent
and

started
to
carry
its
own
weight
completely.
With
the
King
no
longer
in

control,
the
colonies
were
able
to
expand
westward
because
the

Proclamation
of
1763
was
no
longer
in
use.
But
after
the
revolution
was

over,
the
thoughts
of
Americans
towards
the
British
didn’t
change
and
lots

of
them
thought
of
the
British
as
trash.
The
war
may
have
changed
the

American
country
but
it
did
not
change
any
feelings
of
each
enemy.
A
difference
that
occurred
after
a
while
was
America
becoming
independent

and
started
Westward
expansion.
The
shape
of
America
with
thirteen

colonies
started
to
change
as
now
America
is
about
half
of
North
America

and
has
?ifty
states.

A
similarity
was
America
staying
as
one
country.

Although
America
did
?ight
the
Civil
War,
it
has
never
been
torn
into
two

different
countries.


March 5, 1770
Paul Revere’s drawing of the
“massacre”
The real drawing of the “massacre”

Shots of a Massacre
March 5 1770
The whistles of the bullets echoed around the city of Boston. It seemed as if time had stopped. Ice ran down my spine as I looked out the
window of my shop. Down the street, on King’s Street, I see blood trickling on the pavement like a little stream weaving itself between the dirt. It
was hard to tell the difference between a Red Coat and a bloody man. Screams flooded my ears and tears show in my eyes as this event
reminded me of the time when I traveled here with my family from Georgia, looking for a new life.
The ground shook as my stallions, with their white manes flashing in the light, pulled my carriage along the trail. Before the eyes of my
family and I, there was a new life and a new beginning. I, Peter Smith, had arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in the March of 1769, about of
year before today.
I am a male silversmith, as my last name says so and I proudly look up to the crown that sits in England after my ancestors came here
long ago with the settlers. The crown is our symbol of hope and it shall always be our leader. I am no American though, as I come from Georgia
I am a proud loyalist and I will always remain loyal to the crown.
I can understand the fury some settlers felt in the Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation stated that we, English colonists, were not
allowed to go west of the Appalachian Mountains to keep us out of Indian business. However, we are not the center of the world. We colonists
must realize that the king made this proclamation to help our butts from getting an arrow stuck in our bloody limbs!
But here, in this new city, I have seen tension build between the Bostonians and the British soldiers. “Lousy lobsterbacks!” or “Go back
home to England!” were chanted at the soldiers down and back the street. When a soldiers walked by on the street, a block later he would be
soaking wet or have a crevice square on his butt. Everybody knew what happened, some snickered but loyalists, like me, always felt pity. It
must be hell for those soldiers. After traveling six months to get here, they get treated like nothing at all. Who do these colonists think they are,
god or something?
But today, March 5, 1770 was the limit. The Bostonians deserved every bit of pain they received. 5 people dead? Hell, that seems too
easy on the Bostonians. The King must show who is in power and who is right! And this was no massacre. These people were armed with
clubs other weapons! What do they expect to happen when they throw snowballs at the soldiers? And after clubbing Captain Thomas
Preston? All he was trying to do was order the soldiers to stand down and negotiate to the Bostonians to go away. Likewise, why would they
yell “fire!” at the soldiers when the soldiers are panicking with all the people crowding them? Those people deserved to be shot because they
brought it onto themselves. But hell, hope these colonists don’t get too feisty, like a cat guarding its food, over this “massacre”. And the new
name for this event, the Boston Massacre, will always be remembered as a day where things change in the lives of each soul in the 13
colonies.

June 10 1774
A picture I drew of the
Bostonians chanting in the
streets
The sons of liberty dumping the
tea into the Boston harbor that I
found in a dump

Let us be taxed!
June 10, 1774
"No taxation without representation!" is what the crowd cheers. What is this? After King George III used his money to fight a seven
year long war in order to save us which put him in lots of debt, the Bostonians repay him with this? I proudly will be taxed if it is in order
to save the crown and British from going bankruptcy. But I fear that I am alone on this thought here in Boston. If this were Georgia, my
whole city would think alike and remain loyal to the crown. That is how it ought to be around here. What can be achieved from rioting
and chanting to these soldiers? Hell, I’ll be surprised if they even lift an eyebrow to those rebellious pests.
The quartering act, the sugar act, the stamp act. We as colonists of England should proudly pay these taxes if it is to serve a
purpose. I am willing to give my money or let soldiers stay at my house for a good cause. Those spoiled brats call themselves American.
To hell with that! We are British citizens and our king fought a war for us so it is time we repay them by stop boycotting their goods.
Who cares about the tar and feathers? If you are British, be proud of it and show what we are really made of to those colonial cripples!
Stamps here, stamps there, British goods here, British goods there, this is what I want! When this happens, we will stop being
taxed and we will be treated just like any other Englishmen but for now, we pay the price of the war our beloved King fought against
France, for us.
But sometimes there is a limit to what can be done. The colonists are out of control. Some “Americans”, calling themselves the
Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Indians, on December 16, 1773, colonists stormed into a ship and dump all the imported tea into the
Boston Harbor! “Hoorah!” they screamed cried as they called this the Boston Tea Party as I heard the next morning when I woke up to
the cries of triumph the colonists howled. What will that reach for us, how will that help? All it will do is anger the king and we will be
punished even more! And of course, we were punished by the Coercive Acts, also called the Intolerable acts by the colonists. These
acts gave more power to the British Parliament and reduced town meetings, which angered the colonists greatly.
People like me who believe in these taxes have to pay the price with you darn colonists! And that tea could have drunken the tea
in the morning just like any other family does in England and had fun with our families, NOT GETTING A PUNISHMENT FOR AN
INCIDENT THAT CHANGED NOTHING AT ALL! Curse them colonists, curse them to the ends of hell and please father, help them come
to their senses before they do anything more stupid than they have already done.

July 5, 1776
King George III’s picture
which I keep in my room
Declaration of Independence copy
handed out to people in the streets
with John Hancock's giant signature

Please
Sign
your
John
Hancock
July
5,
1776

“Sign
your
John
Hancock
right
here,”
they
told
me
as
I
was
signing
a
paper.
This
phrase
has
been
popular
ever
since

yesterday,
July
4,
1776
when
the
delegates
of
almost
every
colony
signed
the
Declaration
of
Independence.
After
so
many
years
of

yelling,
“No
taxation
without
representation!”
they
?inally
start
to
change.

A
month
ago
I
moved
here,
to
Philadelphia.
I
couldn’t
handle
Boston
no
more.
It
was
full
of
American
patriots
who
would
go

mad
in
order
to
deceive
the
crown.
The
“massacre”
6
years
ago
and
the
rebellious
minds
against
taxation
drove
me
away.
But
here,

in
Philadelphia,
I
feel
safer
and
more
at
ease.
But
today,
a
change
has
occurred
to
me.
The
declaration
was
signed
and
I
fear
the

worst.
Three
days
ago,
on
July
2,
1776,
the
Second
Continental
Congress
voted
to
review
Thomas
Jefferson’s
work
of
the

Declaration.
As
Jefferson
was
the
?iercest
and
strongest
writer
in
the
congress,
he
was
elected
to
write
the
?inished
declaration
but

four
others,
John
Adams,
Benjamin
Franklin,
Robert
Livingston,
and
Roger
Sherman
were
all
named
to
produce
the
?irst
draft
of
the

declaration
which
followed
along
the
path
of,
all
humans
have
equal
rights.
But
we
were
born
with
equal
rights!
Even
if
it
doesn’t

seem
so
with
the
King,
he
is
no
sel?ish
pig.
He
knows
the
needs
of
the
people
and
we
must
remember
he
saved
us
from
them
French

and
Indians!

But
once
this
declaration
was
approved,
56
delegates
of
the
continental
congress
signed
it.
With
their
signatures,
they
have
all

blasted
themselves.
How
do
they
expect
the
King
to
not
hang
them?
How
would
the
colonists
make
an
army
that
could
defeat
the

strongest
military
in
the
world?
The
sprit
may
be
important,
but
people
must
be
realistic.
I’d
rather
live
my
life
and
a
King,
whom
I

admire
deeply,
than
throw
away
my
life
and
get
convicted
of
Treason.
Life,
liberty,
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness
are
written
on
the
paper
of
independence.
We
have
life,
we
have
liberty
and
we

should
appreciate
life
while
we
can,
not
beg
for
more.
The
king
could
easily
just
slaughter
us
and
let
us
rot
out
here
in
America,
a
six

month
voyage
from
England,
but
no,
he
sends
soldiers
over
to
protect
us
from
foreign
nations
and
also
Indians.
The
King
uses
his

money
for
us.
Why
do
we,
colonists
from
England,
ask
for
more?
The
King
gives
us
what
we
deserve
so
we
should
pay
him
our

respect
and
try
to
earn
his
trust
if
we
want
more.
That
is
how
we
should
have
approached
the
king
from
the
beginning,
not
chant
in

the
streets
or
bully
the
soldiers.
But
most
of
all,
we
should
have
kept
the
Declaration
of
Independence
out
of
hand
and
proudly
be

a
colony
of
England.
We
already
have
the
natural
right
to
live
so
why
don’t
we
use
it
and
make
King
George
III
proud
of
us?
Let
us

loyalists
pray
that
King
George
III
takes
the
declaration
as
a
joke
and
does
not
let
the
chains
off
of
the
Red
Coats.

December 26, 1776
Art drawn by my friend of
the Hessian soldiers
Another drawing that the same
friend drew after we escaped from
the battle

The
loss
of
the
battle
December
26,
1776

I
screamed
I
screamed.
Christmas
night
was
supposed
to
be
a
happy
night,
not
a
bloody
massacre!
The
continentals
took
us
by

surprise.
We
didn't
have
time
to
reach
for
our
muskets
before
George
Washington
led
the
bloody
continental
army
into
the
fort.
We

couldn’t
see
it
coming.
I
wish
I
could
live
this
day
freely
and
happily
for
the
one
time
in
the
past
few
months,
ever
since
I
joined
the
Royal

British
army.
I
still
remember
the
day
when
the
Red
Coats
came
to
my
house
in
Philadelphia.
They
were
moving
north
in
the
colonies,
sieging

one
city
at
a
time.
But
the
man
asked
me
if
I
wanted
to
join
the
army.
He
said
I
would
be
a
hero
and
treated
well
once
the
war
was
over.
He

made
a
promise
to
me
saying
that
the
war
would
end
within
a
few
months.
I
thought
of
what
he
said
and
gave
him
the
answer
of
yes,
I

would
happily
join
the
Royal
British
army
and
?ight
along
with
my
fellow
Englishmen.

But
the
promise
wasn’t
kept.
Sure
we
had
never
lost
a
battle
for
the
longest
time,
but
the
bloody
war
raged
on.
Blood
had
been

splattered
onto
my
palms
as
my
comrades
fell
down
to
the
ground.
I
was
not
excused
to
help
my
friends
and
the
only
thing
I
could
do
was

?ight
for
him
and
push
forward
in
the
battle.
I
hate
it
but
I
cannot
turn
back
now.
I
agreed
to
?ight
and
I
will
not
betray
my
word.
But
they
would
not
give
up.
No
matter
how
many
battles
we
won,
they
would
keep
coming
at
us.
They’d
use
barbaric
ways
of

?ighting
such
as
Guerilla
warfare
and
take
out
my
friends
one
at
a
time.
I
could
not
forgive
them
but
more
then
anything,
I
wanted
to
war

to
end.
Lexington
and
Concord,
the
place
where
the
?irst
shot
of
the
war
was
?ired.
That
one
shot
that
dragged
all
of
us
into
hell.
The
shot

heard
around
the
world,
as
people
called
it,
the
end
of
peace
and
the
beginning
of
hell
as
the
minutemen
faced
the
Red
Coats
head
to
head.

They
had
no
chance,
yet
they
stayed
and
didn’t
turn
their
backs.
“Do
not
?ire
unless
?ired
upon!”
they
would
tell
their
men
but
something

went
wrong.
Either
a
mis?ire
or
an
accident
it
doesn’t
matter.
The
war
had
started
and
there
was
no
turning
back.
Yesterday,
December
25,
1776,
the
tide
of
the
war
changed.
The
continental
army
?inally
won
a
battle,
a
very
major
battle.
900
out

of
the
1500
men
at
Trenton
were
captured
along
with
22
killed
and
the
patriots
did
not
lose
any.
Most
of
these
men
were
the
German

mercenaries,
Hessians.
I
barely
made
it
out
in
one
piece.
With
one
friend,
we
both
snuck
out
to
the
forest
as
soon
as
the
?irst
gunshot
was

echoed
throughout
the
camp
as
if
god
was
warning
us
to
run.
I
was
relieved
I
did
not
drink
a
pint
of
beer
or
else
I
would
have
turned
out

to
be
one
of
the
unlucky
people.

God
help
us
all
and
help
us
end
this
bloody
war.

The country where
the Treaty of Paris
was signed
A drawing hung up all over America
of Lord Cornwallis surrendering to
George Washington
September 4, 1783

Independence
and
defeat
September
4,
1783
NO
BLOODY
WAY!
I
refuse
to
accept
this!
I
will
not
tolerate
this
joke
at
all
until
I
rot
to
death!
America
has
not
defeated
us,
the

British,
in
this
eight
yearlong
war.
A
ragged
army,
merely
formed
of
farmers,
has
defeated
the
most
powerful
army
in
the
world!
How?

How
could
this
happen?
These
were
the
thoughts
of
thousands
and
thousands
of
British
people,
especially
King
George
III.
The

continental
army
has
done
the
impossible.
No
one
would
have
thought
this
could
happen.
It
was
as
if
the
world
had
?lipped
upside

down
and
our
souls
drifted
out
to
space.
As
scary
as
it
seems,
I
was
there,
at
Yorktown
when
we
started
to
crumble.
Lord
Cornwallis
led
us
to
?ight
the
continentals
but

turned
back
our
forces
and
“?led”
to
Yorktown.
His
plan
was
to
lure
the
continentals
in
and
once
they
got
to
the
peninsula,
they
would

suffer
utter
defeat,
as
the
Naval
cannons
would
bombard
them
to
pink
mist.
But
it
did
not
happen.
Americans
had
support
form

France
and,
only
a
few
years
ago,
started
training
the
soldiers
more
and
more
to
be
stronger
and
better
disciplined.
But
that
was
not
it

as
their
navy
snuck
up,
like
hawks,
behind
ours.
With
our
ships
vulnerable,
the
French
massacred
them
ruthlessly
and
sank
every

single
one
of
the
beauties.
We
were
all
surrounded.
Yorktown
was
a
Peninsula,
meaning
water
surrounded
us
in
three
different

directions.
The
French
navy
in
the
sea
and
the
continentals,
with
the
help
of
some
French,
stormed
towards
us
like
a
big
rain
cloud

inching
its
way
down
the
horizon.
We
had
not
choice
but
to
surrender
after
having
500
deaths
during
this
battle.
6,000
of
us
British

soldiers
surrendered
at
Yorktown.
This
battle
was
a
great
devastation
to
any
British
man
or
woman.

I
was
a
prisoner
of
war
for
a
very
long
as
the
war
raged
on.
After
Yorktown,
there
were
no
big
battles.
We
knew
we
had
lost.
The

British
in
New
York
were
our
only
hope
but
as
time
had
told
us,
it
was
impossible
for
a
miracle
to
happen
for
us.

The
war
of?icially
ended
on
September
3,
1783
with
the
Treaty
of
Paris.
On
that
day,
I
was
?inally
released
from
prison
in

dishonor.
As
I
had
nothing
left
here
in
the
united
colonies,
I
had
decided
to
go
back
to
England,
where
I
can
call
home.

Today,
my
family
and
I
are
aboard
a
British
ship,
carrying
fellow
soldiers
and
their
families
back
to
England,
all
of
us
having
the

same
thoughts.
Before
I
left,
I
saw
glimpses
of
rebuilding
and
rumors
of
a
new
government
in
the
United
States
of
America.
They
called

this
government
the
Articles
of
Confederation.
But
rumor
also
has
it
that
this
government
is
a
failure
and
one
man,
James
Madison,

is
in
charge
of
making
a
new
one.
The
blood
shed
throughout
the
war
had
tormented
us
British
and
we
do
not
know
how
we
can
pick
up
our
lives
again.
But
one

thing
is
clear,
the
American
colonies
had
done
the
impossible
of
defeating
the
most
powerful
military
in
the
war,
the
British
army.
But

as
impossible
as
it
seems,
there
is
still
a
?lare
in
some
British
soldiers
mines
of
losing
to
the
colonies
at
war.
I
cannot
believe
how
they

still
seek
vengeance
upon
the
Americans
but
war
changes
people
in
one
way
or
another.
All
I
can
pray
to
god
is
for
help
in
the
years
to

come
and
the
hope
that
England
will
not
seek
war
against
the
colonies
any
more.

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