Woodcut of patriot woman

YOUR ESSAY QUESTION:

Assess how much the American Revolution reshaped American society.

DOCUMENT 1

Molly Wallace, valedictory address, Young Ladies’ Academy of Philadelphia, 1792.

SPEAKER

Molly Wallace, is a young girl who is a valedictorian from The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia in 1792

OCCASION

Molly Wallace is giving a valedictorian speech. 1792 Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

AUDIENCE

Her audience is directed towards women and men.

PURPOSE

She is arguing that women are able to give speeches as well as men and that while some people are encouraging, other claims to the contrary are self-defeating, since they are based on premises that prove what they set out to defeat.

SUBJECT

She concludes with a plea for further education for women in the area of public speaking. So if everyone admits that women should be taught to read, therefore also public speaking.

TONE

Her tone is serious yet bold and powerful she’s trying to get her point across in her tone about women being as good as men in speaking. Her tone is also inspiring and encouraging to young girls and women at the time.

DOCUMENT 2

Message to Congress from the Chickasaw Chiefs, July 1783.

SPEAKER

The Chickasaw Chiefs group of Indians who occupied a key region of northern Mississippi.

OCCASION

Chickasaw message to congress happened right after revolutionary war ended. They were in bit crossfire between, Spain, the new united states government, and various new states and didn’t have their allies with anymore the British.

AUDIENCE

Is towards Americans Congress 1783

PURPOSE

Native Americans were concerned how they would be treated by the U.S The whole purpose by sending this message was because the Chicksaw leaders sought to inaugurate a new relationship with the United States by sending the message of peace.

SUBJECT

Native American hoped that the end of hostility would begin a new and amicable relationship with the U.S

TONE

The tone Expresses happiness that the war is over, It also expresses a desire for friendship between the Chicksaw and there brothers ( Americans)

DOCUMENT 3

Statutes at Large of Virginia, 1786.

SPEAKER

Thomas Jefferson

OCCASION

Virginia Statue was an establishment for religious freedom it was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the General Assembly on January 16, 1786. Before be signed into law three days later.

AUDIENCE

The American people and the people of Virginia also known as Virginians.

PURPOSE

Statue Affirmed the rights of Virginians to choose their faiths without coercion; separates church and state. It also stated that no person should be forced to support a religion.

SUBJECT

There was movement toward freedom of religions and evidence of social change with disestablishing the church.

Tone

Jefferson tone in the statue is upbeat and progressive because he is aware open to the idea of people practicing different religions. And he wants to share and establish his ideas with the American People.

DOCUMENT 4

Woodcut of Patriot woman, Marblehead, MA, 1779 (New York Historical Society).

SPEAKER

Molly Pitcher nickname given to a women name Mary Ludwig Hays though this can’t be confirmed for sure she is said to have fought in the Battle of Mammoth. She was a war woman. Not much is known about her.

OCCASION

During the American Revolution 1779. Shows women holding a musket and a horn.

AUDIENCE

Women and their role in the revolution.

PURPOSE

To show that women participated in the American revolution and were doing task those were performed previously by men.

SUBJECT

Possibly hints of potential revolutionary change for women.

TONE

The tone in the picture is possibly a show of strength in a women’s role in the war and a sense of leadership and dignity in their country and a sense of self-empowerment.

DOCUMENT 5

Pennsylvania Packet, 1779.

SPEAKER

John Dunlap (founder) and his partner David Claypoole

OCCASION

American Newspaper founded in 1771 that, in 1784, became the first successful daily newspaper published in the United States. A famous packet/article was published in 1779 It started a controversy between Loyalist in this country.

AUDIENCE

The American People

PURPOSE

Was to get rid of the Loyalist also known as Tory, who was loyal England (not in favor of American Independence), should be banned from the US and sent back to England. The US (according to the author) is a land of freedom, whereas England is a place of slavery to the government.

SUBJECT

Patriot belief in equality and creating a society different from Britain.

TONE

The tone in the Pennsylvania packet is serious and it sounds a bit like the Author is angry. He despises the Tories and wants them back in England.

DOCUMENT 6

United Indian Nations, Speech at the Confederate Council, 1786