Blog 4

     It is of great satisfaction to see how various colonists have shown the greatest amount of patriotism I believe possible. As you can see, this has led many to speak up and express what they feel about the situation between the British and colonists as it goes on. This being said, there has been one person who has fully expressed clearly what he feels what should be done about the awful situation going on; this is Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry expresses the fact that based on what the British have done in the past years, it is fair to say that the colonists cannot take more of this and that we are ready for war. But, expressing what he feels has not been enough. What is enough is for him to express what he feels, but before that, analize what he expresses, due to the fact that if he does not do this, he blames it all on the British instead of admitting that we have partial fault and also lets his ambition towards going to war lead all his thoughts. 

     I would like to begin, mentioning Sir Patrick Henry´s thought about all of the colonists petitions leading the English to prepare for war and this leading to his question that says the following, "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?" (Henry). Many might not see the problem with this statement and question, but if you analize it, you will eventually notice that what has led the English to make warlike preparations instead of reconciling in an amiable manner, is the fact that various colonists have made revolts against the English soldiers for desitions made by the English rulers, and this might lead the English to think if you could do something possibly worse the next time, and like any other they want to protect themselves from any hazards. What might solve this problem, is for the colonists to send a letter to someone important expressing their thoughts, and that important person should preferably be one that can communicate this to the authorities and ruling family and make sure they receive the notice. To make sure the authorities do something about the problem, you should send some kind of threat you know will lead the ruling people to pay attention and this will eventually make them respect you and the colonists.

    The second thought that is of great importance for all of the colonists to have addressed to them is Patrick Henry´s ambition to war. He expresses the fact that they are ready for war because they have the ambition, because they can use what they have around them in their favor and because he believes that three million people armed might help us succeed. I would like to express the fact that ambition is one thing that might help you succeed, but if the ambition of the opponent is bigger, you might loose and that ambition might focus many of our soldiers on the outcome if they win the war, instead of consentrating on what is going on and how to get the wanted outcome. Another thing, is the fact that he thinks that using our territory to our benfit might help, but if you look back, we have had British soldiers in our territory for an extensive amount of time so many know our territory and use this to their advantage as well. Lastly, his idea on having three million men armed is not enough, because the British might surprise us with more, the British army will possibly be composed of experienced soldiers instead of any colonist and also, the British have more war experience. If we want to have a war, we should not let the idea of the English taking all of what we have freak us out, instead we should focus on pretending like we are in complete agreement of what they tell us to do so that we can avoid them taking our belonging besides our money. This will let a secret group of people get more guns, gather more people like the Native Americans left and on our side, analyzing moves that can be preformed to our benefit at war and coming up with effective ways to win the war without having an army fully formed of experienced soldiers. This will take time, but it will help us win the war that will let us win our independence. After we become independent, we will have more years being free than the time we were practically under slavery. 

    To conclude, we should accept that we have had fault in the situation between the British and colonists and to not let thoughts lead us to out of the blue want to preform things we have never done before and win. We should take one step at a time and this will help us come up with effective ways that will assure us a great outcome. This will help colonists be better people moraly and finally, will make your upcoming days at least a little bit less miserable than they are now.