Woman in the American revolution

Woman in the American revolution

By: Guillermo MArtínez

Silva and Orit Benhamou

By: Guillermo MArtínez Silva and Orit Benhamou

 Index
-Introduction

-Margaret Morris

-A quaker woman in Burlington

-Betsy Ross and the American flag

-Conclusion

-Personal opinions

Bibliography
 Introduction

During the American revolution, which lasted through 1775-1783, woman had major and
minor impacts in the American revolution depending on what their status, political views and
race was.
At the time of the revolution, woman weren’t involved in formal politics, but this did not stop
woman from taking part in the revolution.
Some of the ways woman would take part in the revolution included:
•boycotting British goods
•disgusting as men and serving Armed forces
•spying on the British soldiers
•producing goods for the soldiers
 Margaret Morris

Margaret Morris found herself in the center of war in late 1776.

Washington's army was retreating across the state, pursued by the victorious British army.
Because heavy winter approached, the British opted to return to New York for the winter,
with their Hessian (German) troops encamped in New Jersey one regiment in Morris's town.
Nearby too were Pennsylvania militia troops and, in the icy river, a flotilla of small American
warships ready to fire on any Hessians in view. Margaret Morris's life intersected with them
all during the tumultuous two months encompassed in these selections from her wartime
journal. She tried to remain neutral while aiding those who needed food, medical help,
protection, and solace. And through her journal she sought solace for herself as war arrived,
literally, at her front door.
A Quaker woman in Burlington
New jersey during the American revolution
Journal of Margaret hill morris December 1776- January 1777

December 7, 1776
“A letter from my next neighbor's husband at the [Philadelphia militia] camp
warned her to be gone in haste, and many persons coming into town today brought
intelligence [news] that the British army were advancing towards us.”

December 8, 1776
“Every day begins and ends with the same accounts, and we hear today the
Regulars [British soldiers] are at Trenton. Some of our neighbors gone, and others
going, makes our little bank look; but our trust in Providence still firm, and we
dare not even talk of removing our family [out of the city].”
 Betsy Ross and the American flag
Another example of woman in the revolutionary war is that
During the war, In the year of 1776, a woman by the name of
Betsy Ross designed the earliest design that we have for the
American flag.

On the earlier version of the flag

instead of our now 50 stars there
were 13 stars for the 13 colonies.
 Conclusion

In conclusion to sum up our thoughts we both agree on that doing this

assignment showed us that at the time of the revolution women weren’t
really highlighted and focused on but they play such a major role in the
revolution.
The woman were the backbone of the whole revolution without the woman
who took part in the revolution, the revolution and the results and
outcomes of the revolution would not be the same.
 Personal opinions

We collectively agree on that we both learned that we’ve evolved so

much as a society and how we view woman in every aspect including
politically, and that from as long as the time of the revolutionary war
even under restrictions woman would do their best to help as much as
they can as long as it doesn’t step any set up “boundaries” at the time,
and it just comes to show that we’re all people regardless of our
gender, race or color, in the brink of a crisis we all react the same way.
Bibliography

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_American_Revolution

http://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/war/text7/text7.htm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Ross_flag