If I wa Joseph Plumb Martin.doc

美国历史论文 班级：英语105班 学号：101301516 姓名：魏芳 If I was Joseph Plumb Martin Now I am a killer. But today I do not want to talk anything about killer, but my experiences in American’s independence war. As we know, the war is a cruel, it is go to take sacrifice, it is go to take blood. Through the whole history of the world, the desire of the freedom and the hope of become rich are the main reasons of wars. So did the war of American’s independence. Certainly, American came true their dreams. On May 15 1776, I was so excited and stirred because I joined the Washington’s military. Although I was fifteen this year, I was a soldier, a strong and brave soldier. When we were in assemble, George Washington claimed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men are equal and their Creator with certain unalienable Rights endows them. Your rights come not from the king, not from the government, but from God. Furthermore, they can’t be taken away from you. They are unalienable. Now whatever you are blacks, women or gays, we all are Americans. The Declaration of independence is the American only creed. These include Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. We can be free.”①. Although in the past we were colonies, now we were not any more. I feel the excitement of being on the cusp of something so profound. I think this is a war for justice and freedom, which is something worth fighting for. We would win. On July 12 1776, Two British warships opened fire on New York City today. It did be quite a shock because New York, up to that point, which had been pretty quiet city. Then, more and more people had significant support for the Rebels. In my opinion, the war was a good chance, which can make us more united and tough. I do not want to kill others, but for ourselves independence, I will. In September 1776, New York was under fire. In one hour, 2500 British cannonballs smashed the Rebel defenses at Kips Bay. 4000 British troops stormed Manhattan. To