Women in Revolutionary War

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Women in Revolutionary War

• When men were fighting
• harvested crops
• Made clothes and shoes
• One woman even made guns and cannons

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Women in Revolutionary War

• At front they
• Cared for wounded
• Washed clothes
• cooked

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Betsy Ross
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Betsy Ross

• From Philadelphia
• Sewed flags for Washingtons army
• She may have sewn the first flag with stars and
  stripes.

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Mary Ludwig Hays
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Mary Ludwig Hays

• Who do we know her as?

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• She carried water to her husband and others on
  the battlefield
• She took her husbands place on the battlefield
  when he was wounded loading and firing the cannon

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Hopefully you guessed already

• She was involved in the Battle of Monmouth
• Her nickname was.

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Molly Pitcher
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Other Women in the Revolution
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Deborah Sampson

• Dressed as a man named Robert Shurtleff
• Was outed when she was wounded and got yellow
  fever

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Sybil Ludington

• Nicknamed female Paul Revere
• At 16 she called the militia to arms in 1777.

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African Americans in Revolutionary War
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African Americans in War

• In 1776 there were over half million African
  Americans
• At beginning of war, African Americans were not
  allowed to enlist

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What the British Offered

• British offered freedom to some male slaves who
  would serve the King.

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Washington changes policy

• In response to Kings offer, Washington asked
  congress to allow free African Americans to enlist

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• 5,000 African Americans joined Army and 2000
  joined navy
• Some formed special regiments
• Some served as
• Drummers
• Fifers
• Spies
• guides

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Tough Choices

• If they join army or work on Patriot plantations,
  British might capture them
• If they tried to join British to become free, and
  were found out, they risked being hanged by
  Patriots

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• African Americans were hoping war would bring an
  end to slavery
• Quakers spoke out against slavery
• Some Northern states moved to make slavery illegal

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American Indians and the Revolutionary War
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Who do American Indian side with?

• Both sides try to win over American Indians
• British more succesful
• Why you may ask?

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• Im glad you asked
• British convinced American Indians that if the
  Patriots won, they would cross over Appalachians
  into their land.

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• British convinced tribes down South to attack
  Americans.
• After hard fight, Americans drove them into the
  mountains

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Joseph Brant
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Joseph Brant

• Mohawks joined with loyalists in 1778 to raid
  villages in Pennsylvania and New York.
• Patriots fought back next year and destroyed many
  Iroquois villages.

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CAPTURING OF FORT VINCENNES

• Group of Virginia frontier fighters and Southern
  American Indians led by George Rogers Clark
  devise capture key forts in midwest

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George Rogers Clark
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His Plan

• With 130 men, he marched back and forth in front
  of the British held Fort Vincennes
• This made appearance of having a lot more men.
• Used sharpshooters to shoot into fort

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• He captures the fort when loyalists get scared.
• He never quite finishes getting midwest but this
  was key victory

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Bernardo de Galvez

• Governor of Spanish Louisiana
• Was neutral at beginning but aids Americans with
  supplies

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Bernardo de Galvez

• Spain entered war in 1779.
• Galvez seized British held forts along
  Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico as well as
  West Florida.

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The American Navy and John Paul Jones
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John Paul Jones
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• Greatest American sea victory took place in 1779.
• Captain John Paul Jones gets into a battle with
  British warship Serapis on the North sea

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• The British Captain calls out to Jones and asks
  if he gives up
• Jones says his famous words I have not yet begun
  to fight

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Bonhomme Richard and Serapis
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• The British Captain ends up losing the battle and
  John Paul Jones takes over the ship, leaving
  their ship sinking and badly damaged