Vocabulary
Not choosing sides.
What is neutral?
A Native American who wanted to keep colonists off his land.
Who was Thayendanegea?
She argued for freedom in writing letters to her husband.
Who was Abigail Adams?
What side did Patriots support?
Freedom for Americans? {colonists}
Loyal to the king.
What is a loyalist?
Traveled to be with her husband in war.
Who was Marta Washington?
She took her husbands place in battle.
Who was Margaret Corbin?
Why was it hard for colonists to pay for the war?
Congress could not make money more money because it was not going to be worth as mush.
Prices increase.
what is inflation?
Why did slaves fight in the war?
They would have freedom if they did.
What were 3 ways women contributed to the war.
running family businesses, went to be with their husbands, washed clothes and cooked food, took their husbands place in battle if wounded or dead, and pretended to be men to fight in the battle.
What was the economy and prices during war?
The economy was not good. colonists got rid of their own things. The prices were very high.
A person who has served in the military.
What is a veteran?
She rode more than 40 miles to tell Americans that the British were coming.
Who was Sybil Ludington?
She pretended to be a man to fight in the battle.
Who was Deborah Sampson?
What were personal hardships during war?
Colonists could not pay for much because prices were so high.
Farmers and shopkeepers charging high prices.
What is profiteering?
This African American fought for the British during war.
Who was Peter Salem?
She wrote poems and stories about freedom.
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?