I
believe that Carol Berkin wanted us to know during the revolution times
were not perfect people were not sharing there hardship and instead you had some people that
were trying to take advantage of the situation. Mrs. Berkin gives a
perfect example of how Pennsylvania farmers took advantage of the Army
by blinding steeling from them. When they would
order flour they would only get 1/3 of flour and the rest would be sand
also there shoes would be made by scraps which would led to the shoes
to fall part. So what does all this mean ?
At the time they had a joke
who ever had the most toys when they died won the game. Well this
smuggling comes I think that if you were smart enough smuggle you were
making money they knew that these were things that
were hard to get John Hancock made him self a wealth men by doing this
it even became a job for others . This was a way to make wealth because
they were selling things they knew they need and wanted now this how
people would take advantage of the situation.
I also think that she did a
great job pointing out how this revaluation was a violent and not every
one agreed to the this war .they believed action speak louder then
words . The people were willing to have the back
of the government but the government had to be willing to help the
people.