Scratch of a Pen – Collin G. CallowayThe author of this book, Collin G. Calloway derived the title of the book from the famous quote on the treaty of Paris, “half a continentchanged hands at the scratch of a pen” (p. 15). This book covers a broad scope of how the Peace of Paris that ended the Seven Years War in 1763 transformed the North American continent. The peace treaty signed in Europe in 1763 ordered that both France and Spain would surrender Canada and all territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. The settlers, immigrants, and Indians in those areas would now be under British rule. Calloway shows the effects that the new British rule had on various people by describing their everyday lives and the challenges they faced as Britain commenced its heavy taxation on the American colonies and the Indians were being driven out of more of their lands.
• “Won’t it Be a while while before they give up their American homes and our country, what a time to be alive! As I was talking to a friend of mine today, we came upon a piece of land so full of weeds, he’s a farmer who had bought them. I took him up to my house and said,”I want to cut them off when they’ve got to this corner, because now everyone’s leaving, there’s no way they can come in here before my neighbors!” That’s how I knew they were going to pay off their debts, that could mean a long and harsh vacation for the white Americans we had just been living with.
• “Just remember to leave all of you family of friends if you ever need the money to live in a different part of the country. Because that money, money! You can give it back and go back to the Americans as much as you want, if you really like the idea.”
• “And I don’t like that. They’ve been living like animals in a new country all this stuff. They think they’re civilized enough. I hate it here. I hate it anywhere else. I hate what they have done as a people. They’ve been doing this, doing this, doing this… so much, what’s this?”
• “If you really like something, take it down. Your friends have been here before and will come back after the war.”
• “And if you really believe I’m all right…”
• “Now, I hope you stay strong and leave the country while you can.”
• “But you probably shouldn’t. When you’re done, let’s try to return all that to our families… maybe you’ll join the other side.”
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• “With that said, I cannot thank you enough. I wish I could… but this is my little secret. You wouldn’t understand. I’d take any of your children and bring them to hell in a heartbeat, right here, as I promised you after the war.
• “A real difference of opinion. What do we stand to lose? I have to think some of you, your friends and relatives… I’d like a fair answer to that on the record. I want you to believe your own minds, as you stand to lose. Let the people of this nation decide that for us. Because that country has done everything we can to keep us safe and at peace with our enemies. You can trust that, I’ll tell you.”
• “We’ve been through enough in the war that we’ve found it comforting to think we will continue to fight even in the darkness that is being left behind. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take any and all of yours, regardless of whether or not you think of it at all.”
• “But we’ve always used to trust and support each other through every bit of loss. And then we got to the point where we turned it around again. And you can tell that we’ve got to respect that. People who are strong… they’re good people. We’re going to do something about it. Let’s change our lives. Let’s make some changes. We need to realize that we were so screwed up. We
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. The people of the colonies had no interest in the treaty when it was first signed. The colonists were more concerned with the treaty and their zealous reactions are what led to the Pontiac War which Calloway discusses in the second and third chapters of the book along with its ramifications. The colonists thought that they would seize new land now that there was more land under the British rule. The Indians however, were not willing to give up the land that they occupied. When the British tried to force the Indians to submit to their rule, this led to a rebellion led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief. Calloway refers to Pontiacs War as the “Indian war for independence” and writes that although they “did not win the war of 1763” they managed to “assert their power” (Calloway 76).</p>
<p>The Proclamation of 1763 and the Treaty of Augusta in 1763 is discussed in detail</p>
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