“I was eleven years of age, and my sisters Rachel and Susannah were older. We all heard the alarm, and were up and ready to help fit out father and brother, who made an early start for Concord. We were set to work making cartridges and assisting mother in cooking for the army. We sent off a large quantity of food for the soldiers, who had left home so early that they had but little breakfast. We were frightened by hearing the noise of guns at Concord; our home was near the river, and the sound was conducted by the water. I suppose it was a dreadful day in our home, and sad indeed; for our brother, so dearly loved, never came home.” Alice Stearns Abbott, Citizen of Bedford, Massachusetts, on the Beginning of Fighting Concord, 1775 Which of the following ideas would be best supported by historians using the excerpt provided as evidence? a) That children wrote unbiased accounts during wartime b) That women and families supported the troops during the Revolution c) That new and advanced technology allowed for more accurate gunfire d) That most New England families felt loyalty and support for the British Crown
“I was eleven years of age, and my sisters Rachel and Susannah were older. We all heard the alarm, and were up and ready to help fit out father and brother, who made an early start for Concord. We were set to work making cartridges and assisting mother in cooking for the army. We sent off a large quantity of food for the soldiers, who had left home so early that they had but little breakfast. We were frightened by hearing the noise of guns at Concord; our home was near the river, and the sound was conducted by the water.
I suppose it was a dreadful day in our home, and sad indeed; for our brother, so dearly loved, never came home.”
Alice Stearns Abbott, Citizen of Bedford, Massachusetts, on the Beginning of Fighting Concord, 1775
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