Children's Roles During the Revolution Era

• Primary Documents
• War
• Diary Entries from Children
• Excerpts of letters

Great information of ages, the purpose, and the importance of this role.

• Sybil Ludington plays a crucial role in the help for independence
• Demonstrates how helpful tasks could be from children
• Demonstrates as well how women could help out

• 10-20% of camp population consisted of families
• Considered "on the strength"
• Toys of children were found from war locations

• Most battles took place by farms
• Talks about the role of children at farms
• Typical gender role jobs

Joseph Plumb Martin was born in western Massachusetts in 1760. His father was a pastor who often got in trouble for speaking his mind too freely. At the age of seven, Joseph was sent to live with his affluent grandfather. When the war started in 1775 Martin chafed to enlist but he was too young. Many of Martin's friends had enlisted and Martin was quite susceptible to their peer pressure.

• Roles of both gender of children
• The overall family lifestyle
• A lot of hard work for children