{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48058372","dateCreated":"1323726541","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"sgissel","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sgissel","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48058372"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Jefferson","description":"Jefferson is persuading people to take a stand and to fight for their believes. He gives all of the facts behind what is being done and the reasons why they should have taken a stand. Unlike Paine who is aggressive.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48059040","body":"the difference between Paine and Jefferson in this case is that they had a different audience. Jefferson's Declaration was addressed to the King of England, while Paine's was addressed to the people of the colonies. i think Jefferson had to be more "formal" in the declaration, it was addressed to the king, while Paine's was to the people.","dateCreated":"1323727152","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ekent1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ekent1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48037766","dateCreated":"1323710485","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"spalmieri","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/spalmieri","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48037766"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Declaration","description":"I think that it was very smart of Jefferson to first write the persuasive paragraphs then the actual Declaration of Independence because that way people will agree with what he is saying and follow him.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48037960","body":"I believe if he did not include those so many people would not have had the courage to step up and say what they think is right.","dateCreated":"1323710668","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"lmartins2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lmartins2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48048460","body":"If he wrote the actual Declaration of Independence first people would not even bother to read the rest because they did not agree with him.","dateCreated":"1323718856","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bruchanskye","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bruchanskye","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48033066","dateCreated":"1323706250","smartDate":"Dec 12, 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Parliament (government) in return for the blind taxes they were sending to England, which didn't benefit the Americas at all.","dateCreated":"1323719502","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cassiepaigem","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cassiepaigem","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48032746","dateCreated":"1323705952","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"msaracco","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/msaracco","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48032746"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"question","description":"does anyone else think we really need the reasons to leave the king in the Declaration?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48037414","body":"I believe they were necessary to include because the reasons were included to persuade people to want to break free.","dateCreated":"1323710163","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"lmartins2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lmartins2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48048858","body":"I think it was necessary to have those paragraphs before the Declaration because I agree with lindsay, it was used to persuade the people to fight and realize what he has done is not ok and they can't keep living like this.","dateCreated":"1323719140","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"spalmieri","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/spalmieri","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48049802","body":"i also agree, it helps the reader realize that changes need to be made","dateCreated":"1323719924","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"vtavares1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/vtavares1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48064380","body":"i agree, it was necessary because it gives backup information which is needed in order to make a decision","dateCreated":"1323731503","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bsignore","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bsignore","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48071006","body":"i also agree because it not only helps the king understand why there leaving but it helps the people understand why there leaving th","dateCreated":"1323736714","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"gferrigno","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gferrigno","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48071030","body":"the king ","dateCreated":"1323736728","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"gferrigno","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gferrigno","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48028006","dateCreated":"1323702119","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Serena-Lian","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Serena-Lian","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48028006"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"question","description":"why was Jefferson choosen to write it?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48037482","body":"Jefferson made the choice himself to step up and fight for what he believed was right.","dateCreated":"1323710212","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"lmartins2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lmartins2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48048626","body":"I agree with Lindsay, he was the only person who had the courage to step up and fight for what needed to be done.","dateCreated":"1323718955","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bruchanskye","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bruchanskye","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48009344","dateCreated":"1323659666","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mdaley10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mdaley10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48009344"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"King George ","description":"King George had many unfair rights. Thomas Jefferson and many others were against these rights and wanted to be independent. Does he really want to be independant? or just away from being apart of great britian?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48025820","body":"I feel its more that Jefferson and the people wanted to be rid of the King and Britian then Independant.","dateCreated":"1323699877","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Serena-Lian","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Serena-Lian","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48028954","body":"I think that they were tired of the King's rules so they wanted to break away and be independent.","dateCreated":"1323703066","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"KFaherty","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/KFaherty","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48048740","body":"I think that a combination of the two caused America to suffer under the rule of King George. Once the Declaration was published, contempt against England faded and rebellion started to rise.","dateCreated":"1323719045","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cassiepaigem","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cassiepaigem","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48003300","dateCreated":"1323652724","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"amjung","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amjung","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48003300"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Paine and Jefferson","description":"Thomas Paine was a lot more emotional than Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson used rational and logical thinking while writing the Declaration of Independence.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48008884","body":"Jefferson needed to be this way in order to get his point across!","dateCreated":"1323659083","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mdaley10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mdaley10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48049048","body":"Emotional reasons might not be strong enough to persuade people but if he had concrete reasons why they would realize that they need to fight for their freedom.","dateCreated":"1323719270","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bruchanskye","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bruchanskye","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48059530","body":"i agree, i think that when Jefferson was addressing the king with all of his faults, he had to "lay down the law" more than Paine did. Because Paine was addressing the people, and not the King of England.","dateCreated":"1323727670","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ekent1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ekent1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48063148","body":"yes i agree, paine's speech was more directed to the people while jeffersons was more towards the king","dateCreated":"1323730546","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bsignore","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bsignore","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48002982","dateCreated":"1323652382","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"amjung","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amjung","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48002982"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Pointing Fingers","description":"When I read the Declaration of Independence, my initial reaction was that Thomas Jefferson was pointing fingers at King George by stating "He..." at almost all of the starting of paragraphs. This was Jefferson's way of bulleting all of the King's wrongs against rights. Do you think that King George read this?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48003414","body":"I agree with this. Thomas Jefferson is stating all of the things that the king does wrong. I think that King George did read this and probably realized all of his faults and flaws.","dateCreated":"1323652835","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"amber3596","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amber3596","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48006944","body":"Do you think the king would have seen these things as flaws?","dateCreated":"1323656859","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bbadore","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bbadore","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48008260","body":"I think he was trying to defend his position more than he was trying to point fingers and the king, they just happened to be the same thing because the things the king did wrong were the reasons for breaking away.","dateCreated":"1323658388","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cmercugliano","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cmercugliano","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48050292","body":"when using "he" in the declaration of Independence, Jefferson expresses not only the wrongs of the king but the wrongs of the country England itself for not standing up from themselves and declaring independence within their own country.","dateCreated":"1323720327","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cassiepaigem","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cassiepaigem","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48057596","body":"To answer Mrs. Badore's question, I think the king would read it and say "I am running this kingdom very well. You have nothing to complain about. You are protected by one of the world's strongest nation's, and the least you can do is give back a little to your 'Mother Country'" If he said something along the lines of this, I can see the King getting angrier with the colonies instead of more willing to let them declare their independence peacefully.","dateCreated":"1323725857","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"aobrien22","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/aobrien22","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48059176","body":"I dont think the King saw these as flaws, i agree with allie, and i think he would lead himself to think that its not his own fault.","dateCreated":"1323727284","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ekent1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ekent1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48002666","dateCreated":"1323652102","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"amjung","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amjung","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48002666"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Tie Between King George","description":"The colonies and Great Britain were tied and the colonies wanted freedom. King George taxed, would not give permission to enforce laws, and does not meet to elect new people which means no government. I understand why leaders, such as Thomas Jefferson, urged people to stand against King George. The colonies wanted to break the tie between King George.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48059744","body":"King George was not exactly what one would think of as a good leader toward the colonies. He taxed, he would not allow new government, and has not allowed for new laws that are needed in the colonies to be passed. I also understand why they needed, and wanted to break free from his rule.","dateCreated":"1323727897","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ekent1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ekent1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"48002486","dateCreated":"1323651901","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"amjung","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/amjung","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/shaearlyamericanlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/48002486"},"dateDigested":1532388805,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Declaration","description":"I find it ironic that it is called the Declaration of Independence because the actual farewell, declaration of independence is only the last two paragraphs. All the other paragraphs are referring to King George and what has he done.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"48037590","body":"I thought so too, but it was very important to include the reasons because if not I do not believe people would have been persuaded to leave the rule of the king.","dateCreated":"1323710303","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"lmartins2","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/lmartins2","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"48048306","body":"I agree, if he only had the last two paragraphs or started with those paragraphs first, the people would understand why he was trying to make this argument and wouldn't agree with what he was saying.","dateCreated":"1323718708","smartDate":"Dec 12, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"spalmieri","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/spalmieri","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}