So today is April 18, 2016. Since tomorrow is the 19th (day American revolution started), I'm gonna make write a fictional journal based off of a 20-year-old who was thrown into the American Revolution on the British side.
April 25, 1775
The American rebels have caused significant casualties to our men who marched to and from the town of Concord. Those rebels have now cut off all ways to the country side, so we are unable to maneuver our troops to crush these provincial rebels. If we ever get bloody reinforcements, we will crush these rebels and put them in their place. They will regret ever crossing us. They claim they fight for freedom, yet their form of freedom is sedition and must be dealt with appropriate force.
- Major Arthur Simmons
And now a journal from the American perspective:
April 30, 1775
It's begun. The British dared to take our weapons in Concord. They started this when they marched into Lexington and massacred the militia there. We didn't want this fight, but as John Parker put it, "If they mean to have a war, let it begin here." And so, the days that followed we closed all possible routes that the British could use to get behind our lines. There has also been talk of a mission to take the artillery in Fort Ticonderoga. I also heard something about Continental Congress planning on meeting again. We will win this war - for our honor, our liberty, and our countrymen.
- Corporal James Swift
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