What a Great Leader May Be!

Today in Social Studies class, it was our turn to be the leaders of the United States. We thought of solutions to the problems that early America had been troubled with when they were given independence. Major problems that early America had suffered was economic problems. Britain and Spain were making trade hard for them. America had little exports and too many imports. Therefore, the economy went down. Another problem, Britain was supposed to withdraw from the forts around the great lakes, but with no army to stop them, they refused. We came up with many solutions for these problems. But none of them seemed valid and probible enough to be taken into consideration. You really have to think twice before making a decision. One handout we were given was about Daniel Shays and his rebellion. Daniel Shays was a farmer that was suffering from the taxes from the ecomonic problems that the country was suffering. He formed a rebellion following the footsteps as Samuel Adams did during the revolution. However this time, Samuel Adams accused Shays of treasonous rebellion. I think Adams made a mistake there. Today we figured out how hard it is to be leaders. There are many problems you have to go through and factors you have to think about. Our class worked very cooperatively. Eddie had mentioned a lot about China, but that had stirred the conversation about making allies and that was very useful in our discussion. Everyone was participating and everyone was having fun!
-Nick Yun