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My characters name is Carolyn. She is 17 years old and her father is a very important British general. She does not like that her family is always having to travel around to different places for her father's job, but she does completely support her father. She is always rooting for the British to win and hopes that the fighting will end soon so that her family can go back home and live in peace.

Dear Diary, Today we finished fighting the battle of Saratoga. Unfortunately we did not win the battle. Our British army was going through Bemis Heights when the Americans blocked us. My father ordered that we try to fight our way through them. We did this twice, but unfortunately the Americans were stronger than us this time, and blocked us from getting through. After this we ran away to Saratoga but the Americans followed us there and surrounded us. It was practically impossible to get away from us and there wasn't much else that we could do. My father and the rest of the generals knew that we had to surrender, and as a result the Americans were guaranteed their independence.

Dear Diary, We suffered another loss today here in fort ticonderoga. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen ordered the Americans to attack our fort and steal all of our supplies. They were able to dot this very successfully and without much struggle at all. We forced to give us our fort and they took all of the cannons that we had in there. At first everyone was very down about this because it is important that we have many supplies so that we are ready for the next time that the British attack us, but my father said that this was not a terrible thing because the cannons were useless. Im starting to get tired from all of this traveling. I wish that my father could find a different job where my family could go back home and stay there in peace.

Dear Diary, The battle of Bunker hill, which we fought today, was a very bittersweet event. General Cage commanded the British soldiers attack the Americans. The British fought a very good battle and took home the victory. This is a very good things because as you can see in my previous entries we have not been very successful in our battles. However, on the down side we did not win my much and we lost many, many men. When my father came home to our family he was very worried about the amount of men that we lost that day. I heard him saying that our soldiers needed a lot of help and the less people we have the more trouble we are going to have winning these battles.

Dear Diary, I just got finished reading the book Common Sense. The book told several reasons why the colonies should separate from Britain. Im not really sure how I feel about the separation and what good or bad it would do. It is certainly true that the British and the Americans have very different opinions on how their country should be run. If the Americans do leave Britain i doubt that they will actually be able to survive on their own for very long at all. We have a very strong army and we have been able to protect them through a lot. If they leave they will have to pull their own weight and I don't know if they are capable of such a challenge at this time. My father says that it would be better if the Americans left us because they are not as strong fighters and are just extra weight for out military to carry with them. Many people who have read the book seem to think that leaving Britain is a very smart idea. I don't know what the right decision would be in this situation.

Dear Diary, The war has ended! I really shouldn't be as happy as I am though, because the war only ended when the British soldiers had to surrender after the Americans surrounded them at the battle of York-town. I cant help but he happy though because this means that at-lest for a little while my family will be able to go home in peace and not worry about the war. My father said not to get too excited though because you never know when a new war will start up again, and that it would be very soon. For now I am very, very happy though.