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          At age 14 life can be unpredictable, twists and turns of emotion you didn't even know could happen. In 1770, Rachel Marsh a 14 year old indentured servant to John and Abigail Adams discovers one flaw in her life that she has fix before it is to late.
          Everyone around Rachel has their mind set on which side they are rooting for, the British or the Patriots. Being under the Adams household everything seems more to be on the Patriot side. Jane and Henry Knox are her friends two of the only friends she has and they are both strictly Patriot. Then there is Matthew, a British sentry she has just befriended and has so many mixed emotions about. If she were to be seen in public with Matthew and someone were to see them together holding hands and that person were to spread the rumor that Rachel was a traitor it would ruin John Adams. If she were to become a Patriot she could never be seen with or even speak to Matthew again because every knew she was lying to which side she was on to her friends and employers. In the end Rachel made the right decision to become an American, a true American and since she was transferred from that employer to a different one and Matthew was living happily back in England this was the right choice.
           Fixing her problem between coming Patriot or a British was simple; be American. Becoming an American is choice because all she wants is to be heard and to be free to herself. It does not matter if you become an Patriot or British it is finding exactly what you desire to become and that is truly American.