Ohs Hughes was a women who lived during the time period before the American Revolution. During this time period, there were many on going issues between the colonists and the Motherland, which was England. Many issues, such as the Stamp act, were in this time period when Hughes wrote a letter about violence caused by Presbyterians. Presbyterians were people who were devoted to the Christian church but were also upset with the acts England had recently passed upon the colonies in the New World. In a letter to a the Lords, Hughes details the current situation in her province stating “The Presbyterians, who are very Numerous in America, and are avowedly, at the head of these Riots” (Hughes, 1766, 1). Hughes addressed the Presbyterians to the Lords
