Essay 2 rough draft.

When a mother raises her child to grow up to be strong and healthy, isn’t it only appropriate to appreciate everything she has done for you? The values she taught you while you were growing up are life-long values that you must live up to everyday. Embrace those and create as great of a life as you can for yourself and your family. Unfortunately, not everyone is always as appreciative as they should be. Sometimes the child is too foolish to appreciate what the mother has done for them. This is the case of England and New England. England is the great mother of New England, we should be thankful instead of resentful towards her by separating from her for good. Breaking away from England will only degrade all the standards and qualities that the great colony of Delaware was founded upon, as well as harm the people both politically and economically.

One of the ways that separating from England will hurt Delaware is the political aspect of Delaware. In the Delaware Bill of Rights it states, “That all government of right originates from the people, is founded in compact only, and instituted solely for the good of the whole.” In order to govern with this in mind, Delaware will have to do what is best for the colony. Breaking away from England certainly is not the best for the colony because it will only hurt trade. England is responsible for much of the colony’s profit from imports and exports. So in the case that Delaware was to separate from her, there will be hostility between the two and the trade market will go down in ruins. That is most definitely not for the good of the colony. Also, going against the Bill of Rights will show that there is no pride in Delaware because that would be knowingly disobeying one foundation of Delaware.

The idea of breaking away from England has made the Patriots forget all of their good values. In the Delaware Bill of Rights it states. “that every freeman for every injury done him in his goods, lands, or person, my another person, ought to have remedy by the course of the law of the land, and ought to have justice and right for the injury done to him freely without sale, fully without any denial, and speedily without delay, according to the law of the land.” Since the Patriots burned the idea in their skulls that the only right thing to do was to break away from England, they have forgotten this basic right. There are many fellow Loyalists that have had their property destroyed by the Patriots because they do not believe in the same thing the Patriots do. How is that in any way right? It is not right at all. Other than these dispecable being morally wrong, it hurts Delaware’s economics as well. This is because it hurts the economics of the colony by ruining property and farms and killing important people. Eventually the financial fight to re-build or fix broken properties will be a battle that Delaware cannot win. In effect, it will only set up Delaware for financial ruin.

Economics will also greatly suffer from any separation from England. In 1723 and 1729 Delaware was going through some economic crises. It is shown that, “Delaware issued currency to combat depressions in the early part of the eighteenth century.” (Currency Issues to Overcome Depressions in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Maryland, page 182) After creating the currency to help Delaware out, they were no longer in any financial crisis. It was said that the beneficial effects of this first act were so immediate that on November 2, 1723, a second Act was passed providing for the further issuance of 6,000 euros. This fact supports the fact that Delaware can keep itself strong, but it also needs the help from England. The first time this crisis happened was in 1723, then it also happened again in 1729. Based on the repeating patterns, if there was no support from England, Delaware will surely fall once again into financial ruins. One example to support this idea is that when a young adult graduates from high school and begins to attend college, that young adult will need some financial help from their family, even though they can be independent now. Delaware is that young adult, he still needs help from its mother England, he is not ready to be on his own.

True loyalists know the importance of staying faithful and thankful to mother England. Delaware is in England’s debt, and Delaware knows it. In the Petition of American Loyalists, 1778, it is said that, “We [loyalists] have taken the Liberty to address ourselves to your Lordship on this Subject; and we entreat your Lordship to communicate to his Majesty our Desires to serve him and Readines to Sacrifice our Lives in Defence of his Person and Government” It is all clearly stated in that document, that the people of the colonies still love the King and understand the importance of preserving the mother to child relationship that is so strong. Delaware and other colonies are willing to do anything in order to serve the king, there is no reason to break away from England and ruin the bond.

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