hero summaries

Mercy Otis warren life took place during the revolutionary war in Massachusetts.

Mercy Otis warren lived in Massachusetts.

 She wrote play about the British and made fun of the British for living.

 She wrote plays before the revolutionary war started.

She wanted to reach the common people with revolutionary war ideas.

She can’t put her name on the plays because if the British find see the plays they will give her are

Punishment and maybe jail time.

According to the website women in the American Revolution. Mercy decided to wrote the history of

the American revolution using notes from meeting and conversations.

Mercy Otis Warren died on October 19,1814. In her honor a warship which fought in would war 2 it

wascalled the ss Mecry Otis warren.

Elizabeth Zane

                                                                                                   

Elizabeth Zane was a brave women during Revolutionary War in West Virginia the Patriot were under attack by Indians but the men run out of gunpowder so Elizabeth Zane went to her brother’s house to get some but the Indians did not try to shoot her on the way there but on the way back they saw that she was carrying gunpowder so The Indians try to kill her but she missed all the arrow .The patriots survive for one more day with the gunpowder that Elizabeth Zane brought  them .Reinforcements arrived the next day to save them.

John Adams

        John Adams helped in the revolutionary war. He helped us win. John Adams was the 1^st vice president and the 2^nd president. He was a hero because he was against taxes and ked meetings about out it he also was very happy when the British went down. You may be asking why is he a hero, well according to Worldbook.online, “John Adams was the 1^st vice president to live in the white house.” Also, “In the 1770’s the people in Boston chose him as one of their representatives in the colonial legislature.” We all know John Adams was remembered by being president but also helping in the revolutionary war and he was very smart.

The Culper Spy Ring

In 1777 George Washington and his army were fighting for independence. In the 13 colonies you couldn't tell who was a villager or who was a spy. The Culper spy rings main achievement was getting all the notes to George Washington in secret and they helped us win the war. They used a secret

code and they used invisible ink in order to get passed the British. According to Upon Secrecy by Selene Castrovilla the Culper Spy ring gave many letters to General Washington. This group was an amazing part of history. They should be remembered for many years to come.

photo by Wikipedia 

Timothy Murphy By. Shimon Gamel

  There was a lot of war in Pennsylvania Timothy Murphy thought they would win the whole time. In Pennsylvania 1777 Timothy Murphy killed the Redcoats general to win the battle by hiding in a tree. In the article” Timothy Murphy frontier rifleman” by dmna.ny.gov we learned that he killed the Redcoats general with his rifle because he wanted to win the Revolutionary war. Timothy Murphy led Americans to freedom. Because of him, I am here free today.

Timothy Murphy Fighting.

Hero Summary

Ben Franklin

While Ben Franklin was doing everything he could to stop the Revolutionary war many people were fighting for their lives and their country. Ben Franklin went to France after helping out with the Declaration of Independence he went so he could help earn money for the colonist during Revolutionary war. He also tried going to sign peace treaties in other places. According to wiki.answers.com “Ben Franklin was a die heart patriot who helped out with the Declaration of Independence but he didn’t fight in the Revolutionary war because he was one of the oldest men to assists the troops” and he had a foot problem. Ben Franklin’s legacy was freedom, he never gave up he contributed the Declaration of Independence and he signed many peace treaties. He never gave up fighting for freedom.

Me and Ben Franklin on the Penn campus in Philadelphia.

If you did a research on somebody in the Revolutionary war who would you choose?