War still has not ended, to my dismay. Battles rage onward, bodies lie scattered, fields are smeared in the blood of losses, not just Patriot losses, but the losses of the British as well. Nobody wants this war. I wish Britain would let us go, rather than fight us. It would save so many lives, fix so many problems. There's been mutiny of unpaid soldiers in Pennsylvania, traitorous acts by those who we thought we could trust, and so much I cannot bear to watch anymore.We've had victories, but none great enough to win the war. In January there was a victory at Cowpens, South Carolina. All other recent war victories have been made by the British. It seems that even our allies from France and Spain have not been enough to pull us out of this mess.
Hope still exists in some form, however. On March 2nd, the Articles of Confederation were adopted. It sets many rules into place about the colonies and our government. Of course, the British will never acknowledge them until we end this war. They believe themselves better, but who are they to judge?
Sources: Kindig, Thomas. Independence Hall Association. "Revolutionary War Timeline." UShistory. 1999-2011. <http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm>
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