WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why would the writings of Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?
A
She wrote one of the earliest histories about the Revolutionary War.
B
She recorded the proceeding at the Boston Massacre trial.
C
She was the first American women to publish a novel set in the colonies.
D
She contributed to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For her work, during the revolution, she has also been called the founding mother of America. Thus, the writings of Mercy Otis Warren will be informative to a historian since she wrote one of the earliest histories about the Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Warren published political satires and pamphlets during the imperial crisis, serving as a key propagandist for patriot leaders in Massachusetts. Her plays and pamphlets were published in local Massachusetts newspapers, such as the Massachusetts Spy and the Boston Gazette, which appealed to Patriot readers.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1790, she published Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous, a collection that included two verse dramas. But by far Warren’s most important literary work was History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution (1805), a 3-volume history she had begun in the late 1770s.

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