1. Lesson 6 (New Packet)
Bellringer: What were some of the
strengths the American patriots had?

2. Do you know these women?
• Hannah Arnett: convinced Patriots to remain
in the war through her persuasive speech
• Catherine Moore Barry: helped strategize at
Patriot victory at Cowpens, South Caroline
• Elizabeth Burgin: helped smuggle food to
Patriots and aided prison escapes
– Crucial members of the patriot cause
– Why haven’t we heard about them before???

3. Factions
• Women played a large role in the
revolutionary effort, despite gaining little
recognition
• Other Groups:
Patriots, loyalists, women, neutrals, Native
Americans, African Americans

4. Factions
• 13 colonies were very diverse
• Many different factions
• Faction: a group of people connected by
a shared belief or opinion within a larger
group

5. Patriots
• Patriots were those who rebelled against British
control during the Revolution; defend America’s
rights and fight for republicanism
• Rejected monarchies
• Patriots themselves were diverse, coming from
different social and economic background
• Most prominent Patriots are known as the Founding Fathers
today
• 45% of the white population in the American colonies were
Patriots
• Felt they had a moral obligation to fight

6. Loyalists
• Loyalists were American colonists who
remained loyal to the crown
• 15-20% of white colonists were loyalists
• Defining characteristics:
– Older, better established
– Felt the Crown was the legitimate rule and opposition was
morally wrong
– Did not like the Patriots’ use of violence
– Ties to Britain (family or business)
– Wary of mob rule by Patriots
• Joined British troops

7. Women
• Women contributed to both sides of the
Revolution
• Although politics did not allow women, they still had a
large role
– Participated in boycott of British goods; made cloth to keep
the boycott going
– Spied on the British, delivered messages, along side of the
soldiers washing, cooking, and tending to injuries
– Some even fought disguised as men
– Maintained life at home while the men were fighting
– Raised money

8. Women
• Women were also loyalists
– Women sided with the views of their husbands
– Aided loyalist soldiers
– Women were divided
• Women faced hardships, loyalist or patriot
– If their husbands were captured, they could loose their home

9. Other Factions
• Quakers were most outspoken neutrals
• Africans Americans fought on both sides; both
sides promised them freedom
• Many supported the king because they thought he
would abolish slavery
– British recruited the slaves of patriots
– Tried to turn the slaves against the colonists
• Many used the war as a time to escape

10. Other Factions
• Native Americans mainly opposed the
American Patriots, viewing them as a threat to
their land
• 13,000 fought with the British
• British recruited Native Americans promising them
rights to their lands

11. Who is King George
– Read biography of King George individually
• Write a two paragraph summary of it with your partner
• What do we think about him?
• Is he good or bad? Can we define people in history so
easily?
THEN: Read King George’s speech

12. Individually
–Choose 1 faction we discussed
–Write a one paragraph summary

13. Hypocrisy of the Founding Fathers
– Examine Declaration of Independence
• What is hypocritical about it?
• Are the Founding Fathers good or bad?

14. Homework
– Readings: History of blacks and women in the
military
– Be prepared to discuss them on Tuesday