Entry 1: April 1775

Hello, my name is Rosanna Johnson. All of this tension is just killing me, and my husband Robert claims he is to "busy" doing his farm work to listen to me, so I will just blog about it. I am just downright tired of the taxes and orders they keep placing on us. It is quite late, because my 2 boys Jack (5) and Harry (2) keep me busy every second of every minute. They are quite the handful. I live in Delaware, and while I was at the market today, there was a notice posted. It claimed that there was a small battle in Concord and Lexington, Massachucets. The brave Patriots were trying to defend a stash of weapons they had stored, and those stupid red-coats tried to stop them. I'm a Patriot all the way. Never will I join the side of those self-centered red-coats. Anyway, enough of that. Well, the Patriots drove them all the way back to Boston. Great job guys. Maybe now we can start a real war, and finally become free from the King.

IMAGE: A drawing of Lexington and Concord (citation below)

SOURCES:

1)Deverell, William and Deborah G. White. United States History. Austin, Texas, United States Of America: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2008. Print.
2)Einhorn, Robin L., and Bruce, J. Schulman.

"United States, History of the."

World Book Advanced.

World Book,
2011.
Web.
9 Nov. 2011.
(for the image)