went to war‚ the only people left were women and children. Women were in charge of keeping the family and business together till their husbands or sons return. During the war‚ just daily tasks were switching for women‚ whether it was chopping wood to keep the house warm to becoming a nurse to aid the injured soldiers. Some even took on more dangerous roles such as becoming a secret soldier or spy during the Revolutionary War. Prime examples of outstanding women who played key wars in the war can be
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land of the free. It was free from oppression‚ from stubborn‚ and greedy laws‚ and acts that held us back. However‚ this independence did not happen overnight. It happened over the course of hundreds of years. America was‚ and still is‚ a nation of those who fought for what they believed in‚ and it all began in the prime of its independence. Between the years 1754‚ which gave us the French and Indian War‚ and 1774‚ when the first Continental Congress Meeting was held‚ America slowly but surely took
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Women of the eighteenth century had very different roles before the Revolutionary War than after‚ and the movement of gender equality can be attributed to their increased importance in wartime. Before the war‚ women had primarily one job: manage and care for her household. While men were responsible for a family’s income‚ security‚ and overall leadership‚ women were responsible for the well-being of her home and children. Having many children was considered a wife’s duty‚ as sons would help their
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Revolutionary. It means involving or causing a complete or dramatic change. The Revolutionary war was revolutionary because the greatest army in the world (Great Britain) at the time was defeated by only thirteen colonies and it was the first time any country had enforced democracy. First of all‚ only thirteen colonies beat the world’s greatest army. When the other countries heard about this they were surprised. Second of all‚ was that the States enforced democracy. Democracy was only written by
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The French and Indian War‚ part of the overarching global conflict that was the Seven Years War‚ began in 1754 and officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 . It was a large-scale conflict principally involving the French and British Empires‚ which took place in the central and northern areas of North America. The war was ostensibly fought over border conflicts between French and British colonists‚ the latter of which feared influence on their Western and Northern borders which
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Eric Heppen Period 7 AP American History February 1‚2000 The American Tactics of the Revolutionary War Biography and Footnotes _________ Research ___________ Critical Analysis ___________ Historical Interpretation ___________ Technical ___________ Content ___________ Originality ___________ Style of writing ___________ Prove thesis ___________ Eric Heppen American History Term Paper December 13‚ 1999 Period 7 The American
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In 1775‚ at the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ the Revolutionary War began. The American Colonies united under a common purpose: to fight for their independence against Britain‚ to whom they previously paid allegiance to. While many supported the cause‚ only men were allowed to fight in the war. However‚ women found ways to support the cause other than directly fighting‚ including exerting political pressure‚ collecting donations‚ and using their status as non-fighters to carry information undercover
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Causes of War War is an openly declared state of organized conflict‚ most often characterized by extreme aggression‚ societal disruption‚ and high mortality. As a sinful world‚ warlike tendencies are found in all species. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. When there is an absence of war‚ it is called peace. War generally involves two or more organized groups or parties (often‚ nations). Such a conflict is always an attempt at altering either the
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Marginalized groups were a major factor in the revolutionary war for both sides. Some of the marginalized groups left the war in a better position because of the side that they chose. Women were affected in multiple ways; most women felt sorrow from losing loved ones in the conflict‚ but women stepped up and played the role of the male figure‚ who was away and fighting during the war. As women assumed the male position they also joined large-scale protest against British rule in some occupied cities
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the defeat was a result of “British mistakes.” However‚ I agree with John Shy’s argument that the colonial militia was critical to the American victory in the Revolutionary War‚ as he explained in “The American Revolution: The Military Conflict Considered as a Revolutionary War.” The British government underestimated the revolutionary militia‚ but not without reason. They were untrained civilians and even George Washington found them annoying and criticized them not only for their lack of training
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