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Halloween town was at the top of the world. Everyone knew about Halloween town; they had the best exported items, they had the money to buy anything in the world they wanted, and they even had possession of 4 different holidays (countries). Christmas town was a branch off from Halloween town, they were more peaceful and respectful rather than Halloween town. They didn't like fighting, but they were very patriotic and nationalistic. Over the course of 100 years, Halloween town became very needy and greedy. They started taking things from Christmas town and Easter town more than usual. They never asked or told the towns what they were taking, they would just TAKE. Christmas town was getting tired of being the nice one and decided the rebel. Even though it was going against their way to break the peace, they were being treated unfairly and they did not like that more than anything. Christmas town finally won after a long hard battle and was could finally become their own nation. As a part of their emancipation, they called themselves Christmas land. A new nation deserves a new name. I compared this "becoming a nation" to how USA broke off from Britain. They didn't like how the British were taxing them, so they decided to rebel. Both cases the weaker nation was treated unfairly and in order to be your own nation, you have to govern yourself.
Alliances and Connections
Elle, Kaitlin and I decided to make our nation named Christmas Tree Land. It is in the North Pole so therefore we decided to be allies with Europe, Canada, and Russia. We are very open to new cultures or different people. We have our own traditions but we are open to new options and suggestions because we try to have open views. Europe had part of the Ottoman rule which was very strong for a long time. Europe also had the rising Scandinavian Countries which were very strong and had powerful nationalism. We also have powerful nationalism and we take pride in what we do. We would be alliances with Canada because they are a big country and Russia is as well. The North Pole being relatively empty and weak needs those bigger nations and countries to help us when we need protection.
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You said that your nation was both patriotic and nationalistic. Can you explain what you think the difference is between these two concepts?
ReplyDeleteAlso, how did your nation manage to successfully rebel against Great Britain, the powerful empire that the sun never set on?
Can you explain your alliances with Europe, Canada, and Russia (by the way, Russia is in Europe..)? They could not be based purely on respect for powerful nations. However, if that's the case, was your main goal to be powerful?
ReplyDeleteThey are different nations and our intentions were just to have reliable powerful alliances since we are such a small nation. We had them in case anything ever came up where we would need assistance in protecting our nation. It wasn't for our own power and it was mostly just a backup sort of plan. We would share some of our knowledge or any advancements we would come across and they would provide protection. We had to make sure that we had a plan to go to if there ever was a conflict to arise. We didn't really take any of their power, they would just come in and help if we needed it. As is mentioned before, we shared our information and news and holidays with them and that was how everything spread. I am not sure if this answers you question but feel free to ask more and I will try my best to answer.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you compare yourself to the United States? You say that in both cases the weaker nation rebelled and earned their independence, yet the United States won didn't they?
ReplyDeleteMark, the united states was by far the weaker nation. Great Britain was an empire, the US wasn't even the US yet, it was just a bunch of disorganized colonies that banded together. In my opinion, the united states was only able to win because they took advantage of France's hatred for Great Britain, and by doing this gained a powerful ally. Also, they were able to destroy British supply camps and thus cut their enemies off from key resources. Additionally, their methods of guerrilla warfare were extremely successful, because although the British had a larger army, they were not as mobile as the United States' hit-and-run attack squads.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, the British were facing an even larger war back at home. In addition to the French, Spanish, and Dutch giving the colonies aid, there were many other nations in Europe who didn't make life any easier for the British Empire.