Whose Revolution

1
Whose Revolution
Richard Allen, Phillis Wheatley, Thayendanegea,
and Mercy Otis Warren

• Gender and Ethnicity in the Revolutionary Era

2
Freedom of Religion

• No Established church
• Dissenters gain legal toleration in most states
• Dissenter denominations organize
• Notion of freedom of religion became part of
  first amendment.

3
Indians and the Revolution

• Fought for Land in order to preserve freedom
• British Incited Indians defeated by G. R. Clark
  at Kaskasia and Vincennes in 1778
• John Sullivan dispatched Thayendagea and Iroquois
  League in 1779
• Indians moved beyond line of gringo settlement as
  a result of American Revolution
• Matriarchal and matrilineal aspects of Amerind
  life replaced increasingly by patriarchal
  assumptions.

4
Paradox of Slavery

• Africans fought for freedom in order to gain land
• Lord Dunmores proclamation Henry Clintons
  Philipsburg Proclamation
• Over 3000 African Americans resettled in Nova
  Scotia, with some eventually reaching Sierra
  Leone
• Africans fought alongside of white colonials
• Some northern states begin to abolish slavery
• Slavery remained a core value of the United States

5
Women and the Revolution

• Some women actually saw combat
• Some women (Judith Sargent Murray) argued for
  political rights for women
• Women (Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Adams)
  participated in political discourse
• Men confined women to the domestic sphere.
• Middle and Upper Class White women create
  Republican Motherhood

6
So What?

• Examining different experiences helps to
  construct the meanings of the Revolution.
• Why should African Americans or Native Americans
  Celebrate the 4th of July?
• Should anyone celebrate the 4th of July?