Women played important roles in the American Revolution by taking care of households while husbands were away fighting, protesting policies like taxation without representation, and communicating ideas to influential male leaders. Specific women mentioned include Abigail Adams who wrote letters to her husband with suggestions for Congress, Penelope Barker who organized the Edenton Tea Party against British tea, and Patience Wright who helped the cause by sending intelligence to America and aiding prisoner escapes.

1. Women of the Revolution
Dom, Emily, Matthew, and Bianca

2. What they did
Took care of the household while their
husbands were gone
Did not by British goods
Held protests about no taxation without
representation

3. Abigail Adams
Loved to learn
Wrote letters to her husband
about Ideas to help improve
congress
Made sure her husband treated
women justly

4. Penelope Barker
Led the Edenton Tea
Party
Wrote up a declaration
against tea
All the women that
attended signed

5. Patience Wright
Moved back to England
after living in the colonies
Sent information about
the English side in wax
sculptures she made
Helped American
prisoners escape