Name: ____________________________________
Was the Revolutionary War revolutionary?
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Document A- Pre Revolution Government
Credit: Pulling Down Statue of George III by the “Sons of Freedom” at the Bowling Green, City of New York, July
1776, painted by Johannes A. Oertel, engraved by John C. McRae. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Division (reproduction number LC-USZ62-2455 [B&W film copy negative]).
Q: As seen above, why were colonists angry about the taxes placed upon them by King George III and
the Parliament?
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Document B- Pre Revolution Treatment of Slaves
"An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negroes and Other Slaves in this Province" or Slave Code
of South Carolina, May 1740.
Q: What does the Negro Act of 1740 tell you about how slaves were treated before the American
Revolution?
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Document C- Pre Revolution Treatment of Women (Think back to rights as well)
A New England kitchen. A hundred years ago. Photograph of drawing by H.W. Pierce.
Q: What was the role of women in society specifically at home and in regards to politics?
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Document D- Pre Revolution Treatment of Colonists specifically in Massachusetts
The Declaration of Independence
Q: What do these two British wrongs tell you about the colonist’s power in deciding important laws?
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Was the Revolutionary War revolutionary?
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Document E- Post Revolution Government: Articles of Confederation
Engrossed and corrected copy of the Articles of Confederation, showing amendments adopted, November 15,
1777, Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789; Records of the Continental and Confederation
Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Record Group 360; National Archives.
Q: How did the rights of American citizens change from the initial taxes under King George III to their new
governing document, Article of Confederation?
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Document F- Post Revolution Treatment of Slaves in New Jersey
New Jersey- An act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
Q: How were the lives of slaves expected to change in New Jersey following the Revolutionary War?
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Document G- Post Revolution Treatment of Slaves
Pennsylvania- An act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery 1780
Harper, Douglas. "Slavery in Pennsylvania." Slavery in Pennsylvania. N.p., 2003. Web. 27 Oct. 2013.
Q: How were rights of African Americans expected to change in Pennsylvania following the war?
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Was the Revolutionary War revolutionary?
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Document H- Post Revolution Treatment of Slaves
Source: The Code of Alabama, prepared by John J. Ormand, Arthur P. Bagby, and George Goldthwaite
(Montgomery: Brittain and De Wolf, 1852), pp. 234ñ45, 390ñ93, 589ñ97.
Q: How haven’t the lives of the slaves changed in the South following the Revolutionary War?
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Document I- Post Revolution Treatment of Women
Acts of the 32rd General Assembly of New Jersey, Chapter II, Section 1; 1807.
Q: What does the document above tell you about the rights of women and government following the
Revolution?
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Document J- Post Revolution Treatment of Women
"13e. Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Women." Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Women
[ushistory.org]. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013.
Q: What does the reading tell you about the role of women in the home following the Revolution?
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Document K- Post Revolution Treatment of Women
This was the passed by the New Jersey Legislature giving married women rights to their own property.
1852 Married Women's Property Act
Source, Acts of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of New Jersey (Somerville, 1852), 407.
Q: According to the document above, how have the rights of women changed and improved?
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Document Based Response
Was the Revolutionary War revolutionary?
Part I: Gallery Walk Constructed Responses
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