Colonists, slaves, Native Americans, and women all played a significant part in the start and outcome of the American Revolution.
The colonists fought in the war against the British for their beliefs against King George III and how he thought the land should be governed and controlled. The British armies who were coming to take Patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams helped to instigate the Battle at Lexington, which started the colonial uprising after the battle took place. According to Schultz (2010), “As many as 130,000 of them died due to a widespread smallpox epidemic” (p. 112) throughout the course of the American Revolution. The deaths of the colonists and the separation it caused between these patriots, renegades, and families …show more content…
The outlawing of slavery in 1777 by the state of Vermont, helped to start the slow progression of an end to owning slaves. This action eventually assisted the North in its decision to let most of its slaves go free, and “by 1790, all states except Georgia and South Carolina had outlawed the import of slaves abroad” (Schultz, 2010, p. 113). The Southern states, however, were reluctant to let their slaves go free and fearlessly fought to keep them. “Slavery was undeniably weakened by revolutionary ideas and documents like the Declaration of Independence which led many of them to seek their freedom” (Alpha History, 2015, para. …show more content…
These “Daughters of Liberty” were mostly known as nurses, cooks, wash women, seamstresses, and maids. What might not be a well-known fact of these women is that they secretly held positions as soldiers and spies within the Revolution. One instance of this, as stated by Brooks (2013), was a female soldier by the name of Ann (or Nancy) Bailey of Boston, MA. who enlisted in 1777 under the alias Sam Gay. Ms. Bailey was actually promoted to a Corporal before her true identity was discovered a few weeks later (para. 20). She was arrested and then placed in jail for deceiving the military. These women stood for independence in the American Revolution and fought for the same rights and reasons as their men, to live in a free
The colonists fought in the war against the British for their beliefs against King George III and how he thought the land should be governed and controlled. The British armies who were coming to take Patriot leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams helped to instigate the Battle at Lexington, which started the colonial uprising after the battle took place. According to Schultz (2010), “As many as 130,000 of them died due to a widespread smallpox epidemic” (p. 112) throughout the course of the American Revolution. The deaths of the colonists and the separation it caused between these patriots, renegades, and families …show more content…
The outlawing of slavery in 1777 by the state of Vermont, helped to start the slow progression of an end to owning slaves. This action eventually assisted the North in its decision to let most of its slaves go free, and “by 1790, all states except Georgia and South Carolina had outlawed the import of slaves abroad” (Schultz, 2010, p. 113). The Southern states, however, were reluctant to let their slaves go free and fearlessly fought to keep them. “Slavery was undeniably weakened by revolutionary ideas and documents like the Declaration of Independence which led many of them to seek their freedom” (Alpha History, 2015, para. …show more content…
These “Daughters of Liberty” were mostly known as nurses, cooks, wash women, seamstresses, and maids. What might not be a well-known fact of these women is that they secretly held positions as soldiers and spies within the Revolution. One instance of this, as stated by Brooks (2013), was a female soldier by the name of Ann (or Nancy) Bailey of Boston, MA. who enlisted in 1777 under the alias Sam Gay. Ms. Bailey was actually promoted to a Corporal before her true identity was discovered a few weeks later (para. 20). She was arrested and then placed in jail for deceiving the military. These women stood for independence in the American Revolution and fought for the same rights and reasons as their men, to live in a free