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 he saw that people were not being treated correctly and that their rights were being violated and he showed actual concern.

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I believe Bailyn, his reasoning that the writers wrote the declaration because they believed that liberty itself was being attacked by the government of England and that they were destined to be a great nation of freedom. I agree because the way they worded the declaration it sounds as if they truly believe in the ideals that they are supporting and that freedom needs to stay around.

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I agree with Howard Zinn because he wanted to fulfill everyone's interests while doing what is best for everyone. He also wants to release tension between the lower and upper classes so that we could all join together to go against the British.

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I agree with Bailyn because American Government was supposed to be powerful over British Monarchy. With the way the British ran things it wouldn't be hard to believe that we could overpower them . Also he saw that people were not being treated correctly and that their rights were being violated and he showed actual concern. He was motivated by good reasons and saw as the colonies were not being treated fairly and left to make a difference.

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I personally would go with Howard Zinn because they way he speaks to the people, is in their best interest. He speaks of how he not only wants to relieve tensions but it is between both lower and upper classes. He wants to give a language to inspire everyone and anyone who hears it. The way he speaks in this excerpt, really just make you want to get up off your chair and join the revolution and fight for your freedom and liberty away from the British rule.

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I think I would side more with Bailyn because he explains that the colonies were being treated unfairly. He also showed more understanding over the concept that Zinn did. He talked about how there wasn’t any justice within the colonies, and they realized there needed to be change soon.

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I agree with Bailynn because I agree with the understanding and felt for the American people how they wanted change. Bailynn's idea of a community effort to make it better for the people.

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I agree with the excerpt from “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn, because of the it sends to the readers. It is basically saying that they need to call all of the revolutionists together so they can rise up against the British. The problem with doing that is finding the right words that can apply to both classes. By getting some of the world’s brightest minds together and writing the Declaration of Independence, they did just that. They dramatically increased their numbers by a ton and, as we know, America went on to win the revolution.

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I agree with Bailyn because I feel that the writing of the Declaration of Independence was based more on the inadequacy of the English government when it came to upholding freedom, respect/treatment of its citizens, and the violation of liberties, instead of it just being a way to rally the lower class like Zinn stated.

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I agree with Bailynn because I agree with the point that America had been destined to play a special role in history and become a great and mighty empire. Bailynn was specific and descriptive and Bailynn sympathized Americans who were mistreated by the English.

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I personally agree with Howard Zinn and his reasoning for the writing of the declaration of Independence. I like his reasoning better because he really explained how everyone of different social and economic levels came together to stand up for change. They put aside their differences and made a statement for what they believed in.

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I agree with Bailyn because it mentions the true reason that the colonists left England in the first place. They wanted a republic founded on divine rights given by god with a strong foundation of liberties and freedoms both civil and religious. The other excerpt was glorifying war and the manipulation of people to encourage anger and rage against England. Rage however should not be the emotion felt towards England at this point. The emotion should be determination to strive for the strong and perfect nation that the first document referred to.

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I agree with Bailyn because he was understanding and sympathetic of the colonists. His ideology of a community effort to make things better is a lasting solution.

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I agree with the Bailyn because it mentions the true reason that the colonists left England in the first place. They wanted a republic founded on divine rights given by god with a strong foundation of liberties and freedoms both civil and religious. The other excerpt was glorifying war and the manipulation of people to encourage anger and rage against England. Rage however should not be the emotion felt towards England at this point. The emotion should be determination to strive for the strong and perfect nation that the first document referred to.

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I agree with Bailyn because he pointed out how the colonists wanted to change the governments issues and he pointed out that America had played a special role from the start and that's important to add.

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I agree with Bailyn because the British were treating the colonists badly and they needed to work together to get the rights that they deserved.

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I agree with Bailyn because he truly understood how poorly the people were being treated. He also went on to justify their reasons to rebel.

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I agree with Bailyn because the belief that America was destined to be a powerful government over the British monarchy from the start is something that is not too hard to believe. With the way the British government ran things, it was very easy to believe that they were against the liberty of the human race and that when brought together with a group of people who think so, a revolution is bound to start.

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Personally, I agree with Bailyns theory about why the Declaration of Independence was written. People saw problems with their government and wanted to change how things worked. They saw a corrupt government that was not working for people and decided to go their own path.

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I agree with the exert from “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn, because of the message behind it. It is basically saying that they need to call all revolutionists together, no matter their class, so they can rise up against the British. The problem with doing that is finding the right words that can apply to both classes. By getting some of the world’s brightest minds together and writing the Declaration of Independence, they did just that. They increased their numbers by a ton and, as we know, America would go on to win the revolution.

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I would have to say I side with Bernard Bailyn and his idea about the Declaration of Independence. Sure it was made to unite people, but it was mostly made to be basis in becoming a lasting country. I mean, it is literally called the Declaration of Independence.

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I agree with Bailyn because they are explaining that the rebels saw how the people were really acting. Bailyn is talking about the vision that the founders had. He is taking a positive outlook on the plans of the future and not saying that hate was used to convince the people. But, that a clear vision that hasn’t been filtered by authorities should drive the people so that they may not repeat a damaging history.

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I agree with Bailyn´s interpretation a lot better because he is more believable and has way better thoughts than Zinn. Zinn was more basic and brief and his was not as long as Bailynn. I think that Bailynn was more educated on the topic than Zinn and it showed in his writing.

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I agree with Bailyn because he had a “come together and stand up” view towards the colonists. He seems to be more thought-out on his arguments while Zinn seems negative and bitter. Zinn said things like “turn against England” and “charge people with anger against the British”. Bailyn just has a more positive and hopeful view on the situation. Additionally, Bailyn predicted that America would build itself up into an empire. He knew that the colonists were strong and had faith that they could overcome.

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I agree with Bailyn because at the beginning of his piece it talks about how the colonist noticed that the British government had went though a patterned that went against what the colonist thought they should be able to have. The colonist show that the British government was making policies that violated principles upon which freedom rested on.

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I agree with Howard Zinn, because of the message behind his passage. He is really saying that they need to call all revolutionists together, no matter their class, so they can rise up against the British. The main issue with doing this strategy is finding the right words that can apply to both classes. By getting some of the world’s smartest people together and writing the Declaration of Independence, they did exactly that. They increased their numbers exponentially and, as we already know, America would go on to win the revolution.

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I agree with Bailyn because his statement of us knowing that we were going to become a powerful nation is spot on. Even though we were 13 small states barely making it by, we did make it possible to build up a small empire. We began to create our own laws while still being under English rule, but they knew we were getting stronger and were going to outgrow them.

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I agree with Zinn, because his reasoning seems to make more sense and he is directing the anger towards other areas and making use of it.

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In my opinion, I agree with Howard Zinn. His interpretation is making all people happy. The high class through the low class. He also states that if the people don´t like what is happening, it can be overthrown. The people have a right to rebel.

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I agree with the reasoning of the ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bailyn. This particular passage conveys that Britain’s actions were something that were foreseen and the people though it was high time to end the Britain’s reign over them due to the fact that the people could see Britain’s laws and policies infringing on both the people’s natural rights and the ones the government were supposed to protect. It also stated the state of war, referenced by John Locke, saying that the invasion of a person’s liberties was enough to strike a state of war to protect their natural rights along with themselves.

A People’s History of the United States: Zinn just made this whole fight a cause to make the lower class help out the war without noticing the higher class was already “superior” to them in america. It read like they  just wanted to focus the unfairness on Britain and ignore it within the US.

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I agree with Bailyn because because he stated in detail that the British were mistreating the colonists and supported and explained their reasoning to rebel

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I agree with Bailyn because the colonist's where being treated poorly. So its a good idea to separate themselves

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I agree with Bailyn because he showed sympathy to the people. Also because the Declaration of Independence was used to justify the rights that the colonists deserved.

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I agree with Bailyn because he realized that the people were being treated horribly. He understood that the people's natural rights were being violated.

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I agree with Bailyn because he said how poorly the were being treated and how they were violating their rights. This gives the people a reason to use their right of protecting themselves and making a better change.

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I agree with Howard Zinn on the origin of the american revolution. We see that the American colonies where being taxed very unfairly so we needed to do something about that and get all the colonies to revolt against Britain. So we did that by writing the Declaration of Independence and getting the common people to come together in the rebellion against England.

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I agree with Bailyn because he saw the injustice of the people and he also saw that people were being mistreated and he wanted to fix it. Zinn wanted to exalt the higher educated and higher up people.

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I agree with the Zinn, because we did not need to declare our independence and could have just succeeded and rebelled without it, by declaring it we made a statement to the British and to our own people to unite together. By doing this we helped stir the pot of freedom and movement and started the real formation of a new nation by uniting all the classes and people together under one belief, hate for the British.

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I agree with Bailyn, because in his article he says that the leaders of the colonies were violating the colonist's rights. This is giving the people a reason to use  their right in the constitution to protect themselves from all the power god given and make a valid change.

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I agree with Bailyn the reason being becuase not only does he believe that the reason there was uprising against the government which I strongly agree with but he also showed care for the people and had a deep understanding where Zinn did not.

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I agree with Bailyn, he said the colonists' felt that the British government and the actions of officials in the colonies were violating the colonists' rights and that the constitution states they (the colonists')may properly use “all the power which God has given them” to protect themselves... The British government was unjust and gave colonists a reason to make change.

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I agree with Bailyn that the colonists had a loss of rights, and that the colonists did not agree with the British ruling. So, the Declaration of Independence was justified in returning the colonists their lost rights. Because England had unjust ruling, the revolution was started and leading to affirmation in reasoning as to way the colonists needed the Declaration of Independence.

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I have to agree with Bailyn because this was my understanding of the creation of the Declaration of Independence in the first place. He states that ¨They saw about them, with increasing clarity, not merely mistaken, or even evil, policies violating the principles upon which freedom rested¨. In my opinion, this is the most logical reason as to why the colonists would break off, so they could stop being treated as less than a man. This statement recognizes that not only was it wrong of England to do this because of economic and political reasons, but that these men were feeling worthless and useless in their own homes.

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I agree with Bailyn because he said that the colonists' rights were being violated, giving them a reason to create something their rights, like the Declaration of Independence. An "invasion of the liberties of the people constitutes a state of war." The British government was unjust, giving the colonists a valid reason to make a change.
Ashley McCulloch

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From the articles, I agree with Bailyn because he believed the reason there was an uprising against the government because they mistreated their citizens. Unjust British control was the reason for the revolution and why America was founded on values such as freedom of speech and religion.
Courtnie Miller

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I agree with Bailyn because he saw how the colonies were not being treated in a fair manner and their rights were being violated. He showed more understanding of the situation than Zinn did.

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I agree with Bailyn because he believed that America created the constitution as a way to gain its independence from England. He also believes that with the constitution, America did it as a way to become more popular and start a trend with other countries. - MaKenna

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I agree with Bailyn because he went in depth about how the British ruled the colonies in a way they didn't want to be ruled. He talks about how the British violated their rights.

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I agree that the Declaration was supposed to excite Americans to dislike England even more. Since America was still growing the founders wanted the document to get more people to want to come to America or to be even prouder of being in America. The way it was worded was supposed to make British people turn against their country.

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I agree with Bailyn because he talks about how the colonist saw Britain as being unjust, and viewing the colonist as being below them. The Founders thought they were apart of the start of a great and powerful nation destined to be made, which was more of a reason to declare independence. I also like the descriptive words he uses. - Daelon

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Based on the articles I agree with Bailyn. This is because he was motivated by good reasons like that Britain was unjust. In order to keep their rights the founding fathers and others left Britain and made America to get away from the unfair rules they had in Britain. Bailyn understood that the colonies were being treated poorly and that they needed change.
Alyssa Giesler

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I agree with Bailyn, that America was first  thought of as a way to get out of British control. The main start of this was when the British started to raise taxes on all goods throughout the country. So, when the British started taxing stamps, then the founding fathers and others rebelled and withheld their own natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Bowyn Ziebarth

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I agree with Zinn because he says that the people used their anger in order to revolt against the British. They could only form a constitution as a whole and in order to do that, they can’t be any class differences, all people are equal.
Maya

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I agree with Bailyn because he elaborates on how the mistreatment of the American colonies was seen as unjust by the majority and how the formation of our own union was necessary. Zinn talks about how the educated had to manipulate the american colonists against England.

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I agree with Bailyn because he really elaborated on the oppression of the British government on the colonies. He talked in detail about the violation of rights.

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I agree with Bailyn because he really elaborated on the oppression of the British government on the colonies. He talked in detail about the violation of rights.

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From the article, I side more with Bailyn because he explains in depth how the colonies were being mistreated. He also showed more understanding over the concept than Zinn did. He also talked about how there was injustice within the colonies. They realized that there needed be change and that it should happen soon.

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I side with Bailyn because he explain better how the colonies are being mistreated. And he understood that the colonists needed to come together to make it right for them. 

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I side with Bailyn because he explain better how the colonies are being mistreated. And he understood that the colonists needed to come together to make it right for them. 

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I agree with Zinn because that's the thought process of the majority nowadays

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I agree with Zinn because that's the thought process of the majority nowadays

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I agree with Zinn because of the reasons at which the American colonies were treated by the British parliament. The British would increase taxes on the Americans when the British economics were failing. The British also allowed for unrest between soldiers and citizens creating a rebellion and patriotic movement to the British. The British were punishing the American colonies when the citizens have no voice for the unrest in British law.

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I agree with Zinn, one of the the easiest and most effect way to unite a people is with a common enemy. If the higher class of people are influencing a lower class, are they deliberately manipulating them or merely giving them knowledge they didn't have. While I see Bailyn's point, I have to side with Zinn. The Declaration was seen as a uniting cause against a common enemy that all soon to be Americans could fight against for each other. Uniting against the Japanese after their attack is also what brought the country together and into WW2.

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I agree with Bailyn because he had noticed that there was injustice in the colonies.

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I agree with Bailyn because he had noticed that there was injustice in the colonies.

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I agree with Bailyn because of the way he explained everything and how it made more sense then Zinn, although Zin did make good points.

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From what I've read I agree with Bailyn rather than Zinn. I agree with Bailyn because he gives a logical explanation to what was happening in the American colonies and what the colonists believed, rather than Zinn who had a more violent outlook on the whole situation.

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I am on Bailyn's side here because his arguement makes sense. Zinn is just a manipulator who becomes angry when he does not get his way.

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Personally, I agree with the first modern historian, Bailyn, because he addresses the issue of injustice. He clearly defines and emphasizes the unacceptable treatment of the colonies, and goes into detail about the colonists’ strong beliefs, instead of just scratching the surface of their emotions. His take on the origins of the Revolution are less based on his opinions of how they felt, but more on the factual written record.

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I agree with Bailyn because he shows more understanding over the concept

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I agree with Bailyn because he saw the mistreatment of the colonies and knew that it was something the colonists should fight to fix while Zinn said thinks the upper class manipulated the lower class into doing what they wanted and giving them what they needed in order to become stronger

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I agree with Bailyn because he has a logical reason about why he was angry whereas Zinn was just mad.

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I agree with Bailyn's point of view. He felt the American colonies were being oppressed, and it violated the rights of all the people who lived there. Versus Zinn who seemed to want to manipulate the lower classes just so that the upper educated class could get the results they wanted.

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I agree with Bailyn's point of view. He felt the American colonies were being oppressed, and it violated the rights of all the people who lived there. Versus Zinn who seemed to want to manipulate the lower classes just so that the upper educated class could get the results they wanted.

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I agree with Bailyn because he realized the colonies were not treated fairly, and the rights were being violated.

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The Second one because the Declaration was used to bring everyone together against the greater enemy and rebel to achieve a greater common goal of getting the rights they believed they deserved, the Declaration united them against the British.