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1,2 Their Coming for You…3,4 You Better Lock Your Door…
The appraised North- the place where freedom and opportunity looked so promising, the place to escape from the dehumanization of slavery and the place to have a chance of becoming a citizen, all was a misconception. The reaction the war … Continue reading
What A Riot!
The website sight was definitely geared toward the draft riot and the events going on in New York. I learned that the majority of rioters (German and Irish) were extremely unsettled by the draft riot and its implications. Recently arrived, … Continue reading
Drafts Impose Hate
Bernstein’s New York City Draft Riots and the Virtual New York website both show the violent draft riots of New York City. The riots began after the passing of the National Conscription Act of 1863. This act was passed by … Continue reading
and let the rioting begin
I choose to read start learning about the Riots in New York City from the material on the website. I noticed that is it only separated into four sections on the incident. New York city/civil war in 1863, A city divided, the … Continue reading
Deadly Destruction Due to Drafts
Both Bernstein’s The New York City Draft Riots and the virtual riots draft riots website depicted how violence escalated in New York after the Conscription Act passed. Berstein gave us a broad image of the brutality of the riots and … Continue reading
Draft Riots
Although the reading and the website does not both settle on the exact same ideas about why the riots began, you can tell that they both have the same outcomes and similar comparisons. Through the website you can easily tell … Continue reading
Mad? Let’s Riot!
Bernstein, in the New York City Draft Riots, and the website are two sources of information explaining the Draft Riots. The Draft Riots took place in New York City during the Civil War, as angry protestors, primarily Irish, were opposed … Continue reading
When in doubt…tax ’em!
There are many reasons to what lead to the American Revolution as Chudacoff describes in his except from “The Evolution of American Urban Society” called “Cities in the American Revolution”. He describes the many events which provided as a stepping-stone … Continue reading
Riots Bring Unity
Beginning in the 1730’s, people started to develop their own perceptions on current events and publicized it by publishing thier thoughts in different writings and hosting demonstrations and riots to further solidify their points. Gilje discusses The Commonwealth Writers … Continue reading