The History
Revue
U.S. History to
1877
(Men sitting around large table with Jefferson
cups or tankards)
Man #1: I tell you, this Proclamation of 1763
is a violation of our rights! We fought the
French and Indian War to win the land west of
the Appalachians, and now England won't let
us settle there! It's wrong!
Man #2: Yeah, and because of the French and
Indian War, King George III is taxing us like
crazy to pay for it. Taxes on tea, paper,
glass...when will it end?
Man #3: We can't even send a representative
to Parliament to make the tax laws. It's....
Everyone: TAXATION WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION!
Man #4: What is wrong is that we can't
choose our own governors. "Royal"
governors, they call themselves. Bah! They
are the king's sissy pets, enforcing his laws.
They make sure our legislatures have laws that
fit with theirs! We want to choose our own
colony's governor!
Man #5: John Locke has good ideas. I think
we do have the right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness without the government
interfering!
Man #6: Yeah, well, the boys with Samuel
Adams in Boston sure showed Britain what we
felt about them meddling with our freedoms!
The Boston Tea Party showed them!
Dumping all that tea into Boston Harbor...great
idea...
Yee ha!
Plantations grow tobacco from seed,
Rich social life, Church of England meets
my need,
Harbors, hot humid weather, county seats,
Oh, thank goodness I am from the South!
Well, we came here from England . . .
Re-con-struc-tion,
Rebuilt the nation (4x)
Reconstruction of a nation
Took a turn for the worse,
When Lincoln was assassinated,
The South's hopes burst!
White Southerners retook office,
Gave former slaves strict rules,
Then Northern soldiers took over
'til they learned to pay their dues.
Re-con-struc-tion,
Rebuilt the nation (2x) . . .
