Loyalist

as well. The country during the war was divided into three different groups of people; the loyalists, the patriots and the remaining people who did not care. Catherine Van Cortlandt, a loyalist had to endure different struggles then the patriot women Eliza Pinckney and Abigail Adams. However, parts of their stories are similar when it came to their family struggles. Catherine Van Cortlandt was a loyalist. She raised nine children, for the most part alone, while her husband Philip was part of the

All of you know what the American Revolution did for our country today. It gave use our independence, it made sure that we no longer had to pay large amounts of taxes to the King of England, King George III himself. As 1764 ended, the American’s taxes had been raised by King George. The American people were already poor and when their money was being taken away from them, they got very upset. Now this was one of the reasons why the Declaration of Independence was written, but the Americans would

1. What was the impact of Thomas Paine's Common Sense on Americans' view of the war with Britain? Many people hated Thomas Paine. When Paine published Common Sense, John Adams had believed that Paine had done all his work. It seemed as if Paine hated the authority. Paine’s Common Sense had spread like wildfire. John Adams also believed that Thomas Paine’s revolution was not his revolution. To many people they believed that Thomas was Toxic. Paine challenged many common Americans assumptions about

The Key to Persuasion Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” convinces Loyalists to wage war against Britain; he accomplishes this by using several rhetorical devices such as imagery, allusions, rhetorical questions, and diction. These devices are used to engage the listeners with descriptive images, get the listeners to think deeper, make connections to historical events, and use powerful words to emphasize certain claims. One of the persuasive strategies Patrick Henry uses frequently

to go through in order for life to go on. The book tells of what Patriot, Loyalist, Native American, African American, and American women went through while the men fought. It tells you about what happened when the British invaded the farms and houses of the Americans, and what happened to women. The author describes the stories of women whose husbands fought on the Patriots side, and the husbands who fought for the Loyalists side. Also, it shows you how the roles of the women in society changed throughout

he sent a truce flag bearing a proclamation authored by general burgoyn. Gansevoort refused to respond. After that he began to siege all operations. encamping the regulars and artillery on a low rise north of the fort and most of the Indins and Loyalists to its south with a picket line of Indian encampments along the Mohawk River.St. Leger's artillery was held up by a tactic that was also used to slow down Burgoyne's army after the

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brought a large fortune into the Warren home. Elizabeth died a few years later. Joseph Warren gained a reputation as the best doctor in Boston. His patients included John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, and John Quincy Adams. He also had many Loyalist patients, since he was the best in Boston. General Thomas Gage, a British general, and his wife, Margaret Gage, were two of his patients. It is very likely that Warren spied on his British patients. He also developed a friendship with Margaret Gage

The Three Phases of the Revolutionary War The first phase of the Revolution arose in Northern areas of the colonies from 1775-1776. After the Battle of Lexington and Concord in April 1775, Americans surrounded the troops of Thomas Gage in Boston. On June 17, 1775, the patriots were driven away in the Battle of Bunker Hill, but had inflicted great casualties on the British. Ultimately, the patriots tightened their siege of Boston, pressuring the British to leave. On March 17, 1776, the British

he sent a truce flag bearing a proclamation authored by general burgoyn. Gansevoort refused to respond. After that he began to siege all operations. encamping the regulars and artillery on a low rise north of the fort and most of the Indins and Loyalists to its south with a picket line of Indian encampments along the Mohawk River.St. Leger's artillery was held up by a tactic that was also used to slow down Burgoyne's army after the