March 6, 1770 Dear Diary, Today I asked my mother why her and father fight, why there were Patriots and Loyalists, Why there were so many things that happen in the war? Why there was even a war? Her first answer was, “Well my dear the reason why your father and I fight is that I am a Patriot and your father is a Loyalist.” She continued. “Why there are Loyalists and Patriots is because of different beliefs, like patriots believe in freedom of the colonists not being ruled over by a king. But the loyalists believe that if the colonists don’t have a king, they will all run like wild beasts which isn’t true…” “L..l..like wild beasts they have to be crazy I mean I’m not a wild beast am I… no not last time I checked, they’re the wild beasts! No they’re monsters!” I said. Mother responded, “ I know my dear but they think so.” she continued “ Why there is a war my dear is because of us. We had caused it. We got mad and we fought back! We got sick of being pushed around and stuff like that! The Boston Massacre was a little bit too much though. And finally why there is so much stuff in the war is because a war is well a war. And in a war there’s a lot of stuff.” A moment later Father came in with a rabbit that he had shot. And that meant rabbit stew for dinner. Today a lot of soldiers came in and I had to cook for them because mother wasn’t around. I made them bread and vegetable soup. Sincerely, Sally