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Revolutions

Revolutions. CH 6. Molly “Pitcher” McCauley. Key Terms. American Revolution / American War of Independence Lexington and Concord Second Continental Congress m ilitiamen / minute men redcoats Dunmore’s Proclamation Thomas Paine / Common Sense Thomas Jefferson

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Revolutions

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  1. Revolutions CH 6

  2. Molly “Pitcher” McCauley

  3. Key Terms • American Revolution / American War of Independence • Lexington and Concord • Second Continental Congress • militiamen / minute men • redcoats • Dunmore’s Proclamation • Thomas Paine / Common Sense • Thomas Jefferson • Declaration of Independence • Patriot / Loyalist (Tories) • Judith Sargent Murray (Ch. 7) • Abigail Adams (Ch. 7) • Eliza Lucas Pinckney * • Mercy Otis Warren (Ch. 7) • Nancy Hart Morgan • Betsy Ross • Molly “Pitcher” McCauley * • Deborah Sampson • Margaret Corbin • Phyllis Wheatley • Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman • Mammy Kate * • New Jersey constitution • Articles of Confederation • Charles Cornwallis / southern campaign • Yorktown • Treaty of Paris • Benjamin Franklin • John Adams • George Washington

  4. Questions to Consider • What role did women, black and white, play in the American Revolution? To what extent did the Revolution become a broader argument about citizenship and participatory democracy for women and African-Americans? • How and why did the Americans win the Revolutionary War? What uncertainties and challenges did the new nation face in the immediate aftermath of the war?

  5. If You’re Curious . . . • Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence by Carol Berkin • Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic by Rosemarie Zagarri

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