Boycotts and Protests
This was what women helped in by producing their own fabrics, finding alternative teas, and refusing British goods.
What is a boycott OR protest?
This is what women made to avoid paying British taxes, such as homespun fabric.
What are homemade goods?
This was what women worked as when they got information about British troops to pass onto the colonists' army.
What are spies?
This is what women had to do to fight with men in the army.
What is disguise?
This is what women completed when they followed their husbands to army camps.
What are chores?
This is what women made with local herbs and berries to avoid buying British tea.
What were liberty teas?
This is what women who managed households while their husbands were gone at war were called.
What were deputy husbands?
This was how Anna Smith Strong relayed the information she got to General George Washington.
What is laundry?
This woman brought water to soldiers during active battles.
Who is Mary Ludwig Hays?
This is what women provided by joining their husbands at army camps and hosting dinners.
What is moral support?
This was a community event where women came together and spun their own fabrics.
What were spinning bees?
This woman treated injured soldiers at her house
Who is Margaret Morris?
This woman spied on soldiers’ meetings and passed information to her son, who served under George Washington.
Who was Lydia Barrington Darragh?
This is what women who followed their husbands to the army were called.
What were camp followers?
Some women wrote poems and short pieces encouraging independence. These writings helped spread what important idea?
What is support for independence?
This was a group of women who organized boycotts, made goods that were short in supply, and engaged in public protests.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
This is what women made to avoid paying British taxes, such as home spun fabric.
What are homemade goods?
This is a group of spies that included women who worked under George Washington.
What was the Culper Spy Ring?
This woman used her dead brother’s name and disguised as a man to join the battle.
Who is Deborah Sampson?
Women kept families informed by reading and sharing letters and newspapers.
What is sharing information?