Letter From Timmy's Reactions To The American Revolution
Revolutionary War Letter
1776
Dear loving sister,
It has been quite a number of years since we last spoke. I have missed you dearly and so has your nephew, little Timmy. How has mother and father been? I hope well. I am writing this letter to you, sister; because I fear that this revolution may divide our families. The mother country has not been able to care for her children properly and she has been most unfair. Some have described her as a mother spanking her child when he is trying to obey and please her. Therefore I am not sorry to inform you that I am in favor of this revolution, dear sister. If you lived here with John, little Timmy, and myself, you would see that with the Mercantilism Policy, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Townsend Act that living is nearly impossible because of the taxes and battles. Please forgive me sister but you must find a way to understand. Perhaps my true explanations from here on the actual ground in which we endure will provide some light. …show more content…
I am not sure what you may have heard of the Mercantilism Policy but it truly makes one feel even lower than a starving dog.
Sister, did you know that the raw materials that come into England are bought from us colonies at an extraordinary inexpensive price? Perhaps so but did you that the then finished products are brought to the colonies at an outrageous price even though we provided the raw materials? We as struggling colonists also do not agree that we only serve the purpose of enriching those in our founding country. Because of the mother country´s injustices many colonist resent not being able to manufacture our own raw materials. Oh Sister, if this is not a single act of tyranny that what
is?
Not only are these decrees unjust but as are these battles such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the English Army. Our mother country came swiftly not to mend and heal her child but to punish her with might. Of course we were going to have to defend our livelihood and everything we have strived for. Many a mothers lost their sons in battle and England still took control of the hill. If the mother country had truly cared for us as her child she would have reasoned and cooed instead of lashing out with injustices.
But oh sister as to make things even more difficult King George puts taxes on paper, sugar, tea, and other day to day necessities. Many people suffered during the winter simply because your king wanted, we the colonists, to repay his losses and debts. I along with my fellow colonists then decided to boycott imports along with our hearty ¨No Taxation without Representation! ¨. People could no longer live their lives with the Townsend Act. This is the sole reason why I could no longer write you sister. My putting food into the mouths of my family came first before such luxuries as writing letters.
I hope these truths has spread some light the current matters at hand. Please forgive me sister but you must find a way to understand all of this. Perhaps my true accounts from here on the actual ground in which our homes fight will sway your mind. For the Colonies must have their independence from England. Please send my best regards to mother and father. I love you little sister.
Your forever adoring sister,
Angela
1776
Dear loving sister,
It has been quite a number of years since we last spoke. I have missed you dearly and so has your nephew, little Timmy. How has mother and father been? I hope well. I am writing this letter to you, sister; because I fear that this revolution may divide our families. The mother country has not been able to care for her children properly and she has been most unfair. Some have described her as a mother spanking her child when he is trying to obey and please her. Therefore I am not sorry to inform you that I am in favor of this revolution, dear sister. If you lived here with John, little Timmy, and myself, you would see that with the Mercantilism Policy, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Townsend Act that living is nearly impossible because of the taxes and battles. Please forgive me sister but you must find a way to understand. Perhaps my true explanations from here on the actual ground in which we endure will provide some light. …show more content…
I am not sure what you may have heard of the Mercantilism Policy but it truly makes one feel even lower than a starving dog.
Sister, did you know that the raw materials that come into England are bought from us colonies at an extraordinary inexpensive price? Perhaps so but did you that the then finished products are brought to the colonies at an outrageous price even though we provided the raw materials? We as struggling colonists also do not agree that we only serve the purpose of enriching those in our founding country. Because of the mother country´s injustices many colonist resent not being able to manufacture our own raw materials. Oh Sister, if this is not a single act of tyranny that what
is?
Not only are these decrees unjust but as are these battles such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the English Army. Our mother country came swiftly not to mend and heal her child but to punish her with might. Of course we were going to have to defend our livelihood and everything we have strived for. Many a mothers lost their sons in battle and England still took control of the hill. If the mother country had truly cared for us as her child she would have reasoned and cooed instead of lashing out with injustices.
But oh sister as to make things even more difficult King George puts taxes on paper, sugar, tea, and other day to day necessities. Many people suffered during the winter simply because your king wanted, we the colonists, to repay his losses and debts. I along with my fellow colonists then decided to boycott imports along with our hearty ¨No Taxation without Representation! ¨. People could no longer live their lives with the Townsend Act. This is the sole reason why I could no longer write you sister. My putting food into the mouths of my family came first before such luxuries as writing letters.
I hope these truths has spread some light the current matters at hand. Please forgive me sister but you must find a way to understand all of this. Perhaps my true accounts from here on the actual ground in which our homes fight will sway your mind. For the Colonies must have their independence from England. Please send my best regards to mother and father. I love you little sister.
Your forever adoring sister,
Angela