Imagine, smoke in the air. Cloudy and gray outside, with sounds of carts being carried across uneven gravel. The shouts of people talking about politics, economy, and most important, the revolution. You can hear people yelling and disagreeing with others opinions. You are standing in the middle of the rocky road looking around, watching people’s actions, watching slaves work hard, watching women carry babies and holding their children’s hands. Kids leather shoes, clapping against the road, with laughter coming from their mouths. Dogs barking, horses pulling away from their coaches. Everything is so busy and loud. You can barely hear yourself think. Shouts come from a small house across the road.
“You stupid Loyalists! The King is taking control …show more content…
Families were torn apart in the Revolutionary War. They were torn apart because some people believed to protest against the King, some people believed everyone should obey the king. So when part of the family was patriots, and the others were loyalists, they would argue and would separate from each other. But each family `would have a father mother, and most likely more than one child. The Moth would sew and clean. The Father would hunt for cattle, and were the ones who fought in the war. Children would go to school for only a couple of years, but wealthy boys went to school for longer. During the war, the wives and Mothers helped the injured soldiers and would prepare food for them.
Choosing Sides
During the war, there were people who were Patriots and Loyalists. Patriots did not like the King and British. They wanted independence and Liberty. They wanted no control over themselves. As for Loyalists, they obeyed King and british. They liked having the control and having a very little amount of Freedom. People made other people, strangers even pick sides. They would make them become Patriots but some people wanted them to be Loyalists. This was a almost a war in …show more content…
The women had to clean, cook, sew, and many other jobs. Childrens jobs were almost the same, just a bit easier. Children had to clean, help with cooking (Especially girls with most of these chores), kids went to school, and wealthy boys went to school longer. Boys, or wealthy boys were able to participate in the war, but women and girls were not allowed to participate in the war. They were only aloud to help with injured soldiers and caring for all soldiers.
Resources
“What did people wear,at this time?” Men wore Short trousers, stockings, cotton shirts, and sometimes a hat. Wealthy men would wear nice coats with shiny buttons on them. Most colonists also wore leather shoes. Young boys would wear the same thing. Women wore, Long dresses covered by aprons. They would wear bonnet like hats that would wrap around their head. Young girls would wear same type of outfits. The only colors of fabric they had were dark or very light blues, reds, tans, browns, and whites. You can tell from pictures that every person wore heavy or formal clothing. And if they have heavy clothes, they must need lots of fabric, and thread.
“You stupid Loyalists! The King is taking control …show more content…
Families were torn apart in the Revolutionary War. They were torn apart because some people believed to protest against the King, some people believed everyone should obey the king. So when part of the family was patriots, and the others were loyalists, they would argue and would separate from each other. But each family `would have a father mother, and most likely more than one child. The Moth would sew and clean. The Father would hunt for cattle, and were the ones who fought in the war. Children would go to school for only a couple of years, but wealthy boys went to school for longer. During the war, the wives and Mothers helped the injured soldiers and would prepare food for them.
Choosing Sides
During the war, there were people who were Patriots and Loyalists. Patriots did not like the King and British. They wanted independence and Liberty. They wanted no control over themselves. As for Loyalists, they obeyed King and british. They liked having the control and having a very little amount of Freedom. People made other people, strangers even pick sides. They would make them become Patriots but some people wanted them to be Loyalists. This was a almost a war in …show more content…
The women had to clean, cook, sew, and many other jobs. Childrens jobs were almost the same, just a bit easier. Children had to clean, help with cooking (Especially girls with most of these chores), kids went to school, and wealthy boys went to school longer. Boys, or wealthy boys were able to participate in the war, but women and girls were not allowed to participate in the war. They were only aloud to help with injured soldiers and caring for all soldiers.
Resources
“What did people wear,at this time?” Men wore Short trousers, stockings, cotton shirts, and sometimes a hat. Wealthy men would wear nice coats with shiny buttons on them. Most colonists also wore leather shoes. Young boys would wear the same thing. Women wore, Long dresses covered by aprons. They would wear bonnet like hats that would wrap around their head. Young girls would wear same type of outfits. The only colors of fabric they had were dark or very light blues, reds, tans, browns, and whites. You can tell from pictures that every person wore heavy or formal clothing. And if they have heavy clothes, they must need lots of fabric, and thread.