Reading #1 Questions: A patriot's letter to his loyalist father

1. Select a portion of the letter Timothy Pickering Jr. wrote that indicates the respect he had for his father. Why do you think he included this in his letter?
2. From your knowledge of American history, describe another conflict, recent or distant in time, in which Americans opposed each other during times of war.
3. Why do you think the letter notes a “difference of sentiment” but never specifically mentions the war?
4. Put yourself in the place of both Timothy Pickering Jr. and Timothy Pickering Sr. Make two lists that would support the revolutionary arguments of the son and the loyalist rationale of the father.