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These mobs called themselves the Sons of Liberty.

George II was German by birth and English was his 3rd language.

Marthhusbands a husband. Or rather husbands made life easier. A husband could manage her property and let her care for her children.

Sales of tobacco and other crops were Washington's principle source of revenue.

“The lesson Washington took from Long Island was that he could lose ground but mustn’t lose the army. The British could never occupy all of America. He could retreat and retreat, so long as he had an army to retreat with.”

“. . . Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” — PATRICK HENRY

In a pre industrial society when numbers were essential to society's chances of survival and most children died before reaching adulthood. Women were expected to have babies, the more the better.