Pennsylvanian Experience

Pennsylvanian’s experience The newspaper that I choose was the “Pennsylvania evening post” and the dates of July 6, 1779, Nov. 8 1777, Jan. 10, 1782, and Sept. 25, 1783 as the key points for during the American Revolution. I am trying to gain the understanding of the war from the perspectives of Pennsylvanian’s citizens and how their daily life changes during the war. From what I understand that the overall experience for the Pennsylvanian’s citizens was somewhat fair since the war was not a home front battle as other colonies such as Boston or New York, as each article focus politics of America, the war, and society’s troubles, staring in 1776.
In the newspaper of the Pennsylvanian evening post on July 6, 1776, I chose this date because the …show more content…
To my surprise, the first two pages of the newspaper were dictated to the declaration of independence as the whole document was written in the newspaper; this shows that the Pennsylvania citizen’s needed to be informed what their city has become part of the war and be ready about the possibility of war. The next part of the paper was the advertisement, where I notice something particular about most of the ad’s theme. Most of the advertisement contains the selling of tea, about 1/3 of the adversities needed to sell tea and other high value raw goods. From my understanding, the citizens of Pennsylvanian are still supporting their fellow brothers in Boston in the honor of the tea party in 1773and the war. The last parts of the newspapers were the battle and politics for the last month, where the each state is given a small portion of what is happening in their state. At the camp sorrel on June 13, 1776, battle has happened where the rebels were able to capture general Thomas of the British and able to force the British to retreat. …show more content…
The reasons behind crime rate rising significant in Pennsylvania is a consequence of war at their homefront; where supplies are priority to the cause of war rather to the citizen, economic is slowed down due to the most of the work focus are dedicated to the war effort, and the chaos of war created a law less government. In the pervious issue, the ad had a 1 or 2 reports of stolen personal items, but in the 1776 issue about 85% of the adverstment was filled with reports of stolen items and the creation of a proclamation in Pennsylvania. The proclamation was authorized by William Howe, stating “ all performs whatsoever who shall be found guilty of selling stolen property; also require all inhabitants of the city and its neighborhood; to use every method within their power for detecting and searching such offenders”. The 1776 issue displays the struggles fro citizens’ daily life during the war as crime had rise significantly but everything has change in 1783 issue as the war has