Pick one of the characters below. Each of these characters lived through the American Revolutionary period from 1763–1783:

• New Jersey woman (a wife of a merchant and mother of two children)
• Southern Loyalist
• Southern plantation owner
• Southern slave
• Northern slave
• Pennsylvania artisan and Deist
• Iroquois leader
• Evangelical minister

First, create a brief identity for your character. Create your character based on Chapter 6 from “Give Me Liberty” and, if possible, the primary documents from the textbook.

After creating an identity for your character, answer the following questions in the voice of the character you created:

1. How did the American Revolutionary War and its aftermath affect you? Are you better off in 1783 than you were in 1775?
2. What are your views on slavery before and after the war?
3. What are your views on the role of women before and after the war?
4. What role do you see for Indians on the frontier after the war?
5. What role does religion play in your life after the war?