Your mission: cartoon from gulliver's travels where king inspects tiny man with a spyglass library of congress lc-usz62-112480 your commander, lieutenant major reginald brighton, wants a full report on what is happening in the united states. specifically, he needs information on the articles of confederation, and he wants to know why a stronger government is necessary for the country to survive. in your confidential letter of at least two paragraphs, be sure to include the following elements: a formal tone used for writing, as you are addressing your commander a heading or title including a date and greeting to the commander (for example, "confidential letter, december 1786.") first paragraph: an explanation of the powers that congress has under the articles of confederation a list of the strengths of the new government under the articles of confederation a list of the weaknesses of the new government under the articles of confederation examples of how people have reacted to the n

Dear Commander Liutenant Major Reginald Brighton:

As you know the confederation has its constitution and this constitution has many articles. The present missive is to inform you what is happening in the United States with respect of this constitution.

The main article of this constitution states that the president is elected by popular vote and gives the congress many atributions. The congress has to approve the nation's budget and they just have spend the money that the country has. I think the best thing  of this people is that they have power balance and leaders that make many good things for their nation.

The strengths of this nation are many. For example it  has a good Army because the congress has bought many good weapons and also it has passed good bills in favor of the people, for example: this country has good hospitals and medicine for everybody. The weaknesses of this new government are many  but I think the worst thing can be that there is not so much Freedom of Speech. The ones that talk about the congress are immediately put under investigation.

People have reacted in different ways to the government, but I think people are started to get tired of the situation of not having the liberty of saying what they really want.

I will inform you more about this nation in my following missives.

Exppressing my feelings of the highest steem, I respectfully say good bye,

Attentively,

Sir William Shakespeare

THE ONE ABOVE ME

on this day in 1939, in response to hitler’s invasion of poland, britain and france, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on germany.

the first casualty of that declaration was not german—but the british ocean liner athenia, which was sunk by a german u-30 submarine that had assumed the liner was armed and belligerent. there were more than 1,100 passengers on board, 112 of whom lost their lives. of those, 28 were americans, but president roosevelt was unfazed by the tragedy, declaring that no one was to “thoughtlessly or falsely talk of america sending its armies to european fields.” the united states would remain neutral.

as for britain’s response, it was initially no more than the dropping of anti-nazi propaganda leaflets—13 tons of them—over germany. they would begin bombing german ships on september 4, suffering significant losses. they were also working under orders not to harm german civilians. the german military, of course, had no such restrictions. france would begin an offensive against germany’s western border two weeks later. their effort was weakened by a narrow 90-mile window leading to the german front, enclosed by the borders of luxembourg and belgium—both neutral countries. the germans mined the passage, stalling the french offensive.

people can eat food during that time