HISTORY 89S Chapter Notes - Chapter All: Crispus Attucks, Edenton Tea Party, Continental Army
17 May 2018
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Women in the American Revolution beginning through section on Political Activism
Formal politics didn’t include women
Politics was woven into ordinary domestic affairs – boycotted British goods, produced goods for
soldiers, spied on British and disguised themselves as men, educating the next generation on
democratic ideals (Republican Motherhood)
Homespun movement: women boycotted British textiles and spun their own clothing; produced
textiles for the Continental Army in addition to their own families
In other words, women utilized their purchasing power to resist the phenomenon of taxation
without representation
Edenton Tea Party (not as well known as the Boston Tea Party) but pioneered the boycotting
Quarter American soldiers
Ladies Association in Philadelphia – collected funds to assist the war effort
Camp followers: serving the soldiers and officers as washerwomen, cooks, nurses, seamstresses,
supply scavengers, and occasionally as soldiers and spies
Prostitutes for the army
Women soldiers were honored or seen with contempt
Ideals of liberty, equality, and independence were only inclusive to white men
o Women were confined to the domestic sphere and were unwelcome to politically and/or
economically participate
o Reasoning was that women were dependent on men, so they shouldn’t have
political/economic power
American Revolution sections on Class and Psychology; Other Participants/African Americans
Loyalists were usually merchants who were well-connected to the British merchants and
government
o Insisted that the monarchy was the only legitimate form of government, so opposing it was
morally wrong
o Sometimes had family links to Britain
o Were afraid of anarchy, mob rule; acknowledged that independence was inevitable
Patriots tended to be yeomen farmers
o Yeomen: non-slaveholding small family farmers
o Were sometimes violent in their approach (burning houses, tar-and-feathering)
)t wasn’t much of a class war in the midst of revolution
o Much of all classes in either side
o Mostly ideological difference
o Patriots believed in gaining independence/freedom for political equality and to avoid
oppression
Most free blacks fought for the patriots
Crispus Attucks (Boston Massacre martyr)
British tried to use slaves as a weapon against Americans, but also had a problem with arming all
the slaves
o Encouraged slave revolts
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Document Summary
Women in the american revolution (cid:523)beginning through section on (cid:498)political activism(cid:499)(cid:524) Politics was woven into ordinary domestic affairs boycotted british goods, produced goods for soldiers, spied on british and disguised themselves as men, educating the next generation on democratic ideals (republican motherhood) Homespun movement: women boycotted british textiles and spun their own clothing; produced textiles for the continental army in addition to their own families. In other words, women utilized their purchasing power to resist the phenomenon of taxation without representation. Edenton tea party (not as well known as the boston tea party) but pioneered the boycotting. Ladies association in philadelphia collected funds to assist the war effort. Camp followers: serving the soldiers and officers as washerwomen, cooks, nurses, seamstresses, supply scavengers, and occasionally as soldiers and spies. Women soldiers were honored or seen with contempt. American revolution (cid:523)sections on (cid:498)class and psychology(cid:499); (cid:498)other participants/african americans(cid:499)(cid:524)
