There are also accounts from soldiers linked below. How did these persons experience the American Revolution?.
I’m studying for my History class and need an explanation. Select one of the sources below and discuss how the person or persons in the source experienced the American Revolution in a post of 300 words or more while linking the source to information from the textbook. Include specific details from the source and the textbook and explain your conclusions as your classmates may not have read this same source. For example, you might consider if the person used the Revolution to challenge gender norms or to escape from slavery. There are also accounts from soldiers linked below. How did these persons experience the American Revolution? Remember you are not writing an overview of the entire Revolution. With that “big picture,” it is easy to overlook how the Revolution impacted ordinary people. Sentiments of an American Woman (Links to an external site.)Women in South Carolina Experience Occupation (Links to an external site.)Excerpt from the Diary of Christine Leach (Links to an external site.)”Now Comes the Day of Terror–The Third of June”: A Planter’s Daughter in South Carolina during the American Revolution (Links to an external site.)Poem by Molly Gutridge (Links to an external site.)Slaves’ Petition for Freedom (Links to an external site.)Boston King Recalls Fighting for the British and for His Freedom (Links to an external site.)John McKinly Writes to His Wife Jenny (Links to an external site.)An Account of the Battle of Princeton (Links to an external site.)Excerpt from the Diary of Surgeon Albigence Wald (Links to an external site.)Account of British Prison Ship Requirements: 300
