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Abigail Adams - Quotes, Children & Letters

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Abigail Adams was the wife of President John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams, who became the sixth president of the United States.

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Considered the primary educators

Caretaker

Efforts glorified

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Actively supported the war

Seen making cartridges and running bullets

Supporting husbands and sons going into battle

Abigail Adams (2nd, First Lady of the United States) outspoken (letters gave a look at home life during the war; influential letters on women’s rights)

Local militia (cooks/nurses)

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Major role in “non-importation” movement

Essential in the protest against taxation with no representation

Carried subscription lists (pledge to abstain from buying parliamentary taxed items)

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Valley Forge

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Lucky “strategy”

No strategy

Fabian Strategy

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So...How exactly did the Continental Army beat the British?

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So...How exactly did the Continental Army beat the British?

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Avg: farmer
Some slaves assisted masters when fighting

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Avg: English decent
Some natives; free African Americans; other European decenters

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Avg: mid 20s
Some teenagers, some above 40

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The army was a mix of many people, so there really was no “typical guy”

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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” -Thomas Paine

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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” -Thomas Paine

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“Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” -John Parker

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“Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” -John Parker

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• had a smaller and inexperienced army
• lack of supplies and money (inflation)
• did not have an army, had to create one
• colonies were not united as one due to Loyalists

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• lack of support for the war
• weapons and materials had to be transported across the Atlantic
• Germans were not as loyal as hoped
• lack of knowledge of land/terrain

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• fighting on hometurf
• alliance with French
• had a greater motivation to win the war
• strong military leaders

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• world's strongest army and navy
• many colonists were still loyal to Britain
• hired German "Hessians" to aid them in the war
• received help from Native Americans