Loyalist or Patriot?

Loyalist or Patriot? January 19, 1776 Dear Journal, Life in Hackensack, New Jersey is really getting crazy. The British have occupied New York, and my family and I are very nervous to have the enemy controlling an area so close to where we live. Mostly all of our neighbors are Loyalists, so the few of us families that are not are stuck in a terrible position. We cannot rebel and we cannot share our feelings without being …

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