Judith Sargent Murray

Today, America is a place where freedom of speech, liberty and rights are all granted by laws; however, this was not always the case. Back in 1776, when the American revolution was beginning, independence and a democratic society were non existent. In the passage, “ Thinking Through the Past”, by John Hollitz, the main idea is focused on different events and laws that caused the American revolution. Several primary sources are displayed throughout the passage that help with the upbringing of…

Kelly Nguyen Sunshine McClain History G170 Midterm Part 1: I. The Proclamation of 1763: The Proclamation of 1763 was England’s attempt to end Indian problems by preventing westward movement by colonists. The King and his council presented this manifesto to calm the Indian’s fears, for they felt as if the colonists were going to push them off their lands when expanding westward. This proclamation delivered that colonists and land speculators were restricted from any land west of the top of the…

The American Revolution was a major turning point in American history. It marked the beginning of a new powerful nation and essentially changed the nation politically and socially; however, to some extent, it did not lead to an economic change. There were some benefits to the war; the establishment of the Declaration of Independence, a stronger, centralized government, and eventually progressed the roles of women and slaves. On the contrary, there were still diversions between the rich and poor…

e. being excluded from political activity. On the other hand, men such as Benjamin Rush thought as stated, “our women should be qualified... in instructing their sons the principles of liberty and government.” Surprisingly, women such as Judith Sargent Murray thought along those same lines stating “education would not undermine women`s compliant natures.” The ideology of women teaching their boy(s) and not girl(s) to learn the principles of liberty and government, further extending virtue to…

How Revolutionary was the Revolutionary War? A revolution is a forcible overthrow of government or social order in favor of a new system. It also means radical change. Throughout many centuries, we see many revolutions that completely changed the world as we know it. For instance, take a look at the French and Russian Revolutions. In both of these, the lower class rose up against the rich and elite. A true characterization of the meaning behind the term "revolution". A true social revolution…

lower class women and upper class women was their ability to obtain a better education. Often times in early America a woman’s education depended on the amount of money she or her parents (if they encourage further education) could afford. Judith Sargent Murray is one example of a women that received an advanced education because of her parents’ wealth. This created a distinction between educated upper-class women and poorer, uneducated low class women. With wealth came an air of…

Judith Sargent Murray wrote an essay during this time period in which she titled “The Equality of the sexes”, she argued that whatever equality existed between men and women was because of discrimination and prejudice that prevented women from having the same privileges…

The colonization of English was strong in the beginnings of America. The government that was formed with an English base, because the founders came from and were educated in English schools. Family farms were developed to help support the community and towns, and on the edge of the sea was where they had established a seaport to trade the livestock abundance. Anglo-American colonies established political and judicial structures for men to hold and serve in upper house of legislature. Each…

The unprecedented political extended of unimplemented high taxations for the Americans was one of the consequences of the American Revolution. After unleashed from imperialism under Great Britain, it has impact crucial impact on America’s economy. In any extends, Britain had created various restrictions and exploit that help maintain their financial mightiness. The end of Britain’s colonization also moderately increase markets variations and sparked new trading relations. The American was not…

Although she wasn’t an active participant in the Revolutionary War, my grandma ended up joining the likes of Murray and Abigail Adams in the war on social justice that sprang from the former. “It was a nice change since nothing my father brought for me had anything to say about women being equal to men.” For a girl of 15 to be believing in something even more outrageous…