10/10/12 &10/11/12

Yesterday on October 10, 2012 we talked about who fired the first shot at Lexington. Was it the British or the Colonists? No one really knew. Both sides gave their opinion on who was the one to fire. We were set to decide if their sources were reliable or not. After watching a Tedtalks wideo about how the brain can fill in blanks that make sense to the human, I don't think a lot of the sources were reliable. The people just thought what they wanted to and believed whatever their brain told them. Today on October 11, 2012 we looked at the Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense, and Plain Truth. When I was younger we were never taught about the people that didn't want to break away from Britain. I had Plain Truth and that is what the author wanted. There were many people who supported him. I liked to hear the counter-points of breaking away from Britain. They had good reasons like having the support of Britain and not being taxed as much becasue of the resistance.