Events in American History

After having read p. 166 - 171 in Stunt, answer these questions:

1. Do you think the colonies had good reason to declare Independence? Why?

2. Should one country be able to colonize another? When should a colony be granted Independence?

3. The Bill of Rights guarantees Americans "the right to bear arms". Many Americans still feel this is important for personal safety and in case they need to revolt  against their own government, They argue that the Minutemen and the local militias only won the fight for Independence beacause they had firearms.

What do you think?

Should everyone have the right to bear arms? All kinds of arms?

4. If you were to present your nation's history in the same way as above, which events would you choose? Why?

- List the events and write a couple of sentences about them.

1.      I think the colonies had good reason to declare Independence, because as they said themselves: “All men are created equal with equal rights: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. The people in the colonies should be treated the same way as any other human being so they can rule for themselves and therefore declare Independence.

2.      I think that today one country should not be able to colonize another, instead be able to declare independence if another country got the power. If we go back in time in American history and history in general, the people had to explore the world, settle down and make communities, so then they should be able to colonize. A colony should be granted Independence when the colony can rule for themselves and keep the colony going.

3.      I don’t think that it is a good thing that everyone can get their hands on weapons. It brings so much bad use of the weapons, like for instance school massacres and murders. Some people use the weapons as self-defence and mistakes will occur. People will be harmed. Nonetheless, you can get access to huge guns and different weapons, not only handguns, which makes it a lot more dangerous.

4.      List of historical events: The Viking Period: was from between 800-1100 AD, At the start of the Viking Period, Norway was not one united country, but many small kingdoms. Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) became king of a large portion of Norway in 872. The union between Denmark and Norway: During the 1300s Denmark gained more and more influence over Norway and, in 1397, Norway was absorbed into a formal union with Denmark and Sweden. The union was ruled by a common king. Sweden gradually seceded from the union, but Denmark and Norway remained united until 1814. The union was governed from Denmark. Copenhagen was the cultural centre of the union and Norwegians read and wrote in Danish. The plague: The black death came to Norway in 1349, in short time it had killed a third of the norwegian population. The Norweigan constitution: The Norwegian constitution was formed in 1814, and thus we broke free of the danish grasp. WW2: The natzi's invaded us in 9th of April 1940, and by that, Norway was drawn into the war.