Prisoners

1. My topic is on prisoners during the American Revolution. 2. **WHAT I ALREADY KNOW.** 3. **What I want to know:** 4.**My Research Strategy:**
 * **Who?** prisoners for the American Revolution.
 * **What?** prisoners were captured by the opposing side during the American Revolution.
 * **Where?** north or south
 * **When?** Durring the American Revolution.
 * **Why?** Because they were captured or their town was invaded.
 * **How?** they surrendered or lost a battle.
 * **Who?** Famous prisoners?
 * **What?** were some of the conditions during the American Revolution?
 * **Where?** Where were they held?
 * **When?** How long were they prisoners?
 * **Why?** Were they captured?
 * **How?** How bad were they treated and how bad were the conditions?
 * **How did this imapct the War?**
 * **Who?** I will ask Mrs. Horn and Ms. Brem for help.
 * **What?** websites, google, books textbooks, databases, etc.
 * **Where?** The school library and the internet
 * **When?** During class and outside if needed.
 * **How?** i will use my research and my thesis statement to take notes.
 * **Key words for searching: American Revolution prisoners, prisoners, conditions during the American Revolution, Americana Encyclopedia etc.**

During the American Revolution, prisoners of war, trade, and their treatment shaped and affected the outcome of the war as well as angered many people and shaped how we treat prisoners today. Prisoners captured could have been soldiers enlisted in the army, thereby decreasing the number of soldiers that could fight.
 * Prisoners from the American Revolution draft**

During the Revolutionary war America fought for independence from Britian. Prisoners held by Andrew Jackson(American War hero) were documented.The British government did not recognize American letters of marque and reprisal.(Marrin) Some people expected to be captured. In April 1818, during the First Seminole War, General Andrew Jackson captured and executed two British allies of the Seminoles in Spanish Florida. After seizing Florida, Jackson was investigated for his treatment of prisoners. (Project Muse) Even though Andrew Jackson was a great war hero he did not treat his prisoners nicely. This explains how prisoners were treated not only by Britian but by Americans too.

Many jails in England began to fill during the war, and England needed a new place to hold all of the captured prisoners. Captured privateersman were sent to the hulks. In England, whenever jails were full, old warships would anchor and become hulks. Jersey was one of the retired warships that was a temporary jail. Many diseases passed throughout the ship because of the conditions. On the boat, Jersey people cleaned their linens by stomping on them in salt water. Jersey held 1100 prisoners, with more arriving daily, Prisoners were given half of the Royal Navy ration."Rebels turn out your dead" No fewer than 5 bodies were hoisted a day. Jersey was one of the most famous hulks or jails that took anchor.(Albert Marrin) This affected the war because instead of soldiers fighting in the war they were sent to the hulks and could not have a chance to fight for freedom anymore. Therefore leaving even less men than America had had before, which was very dwindling day by day due to disease, fighting, and lack of food.Knowing all of this the Continental army(aka America) fought back with good strategy and tactics. America fought back dirty, by killing people who surrendered, and fighting with guerilla warfare. Which at the time was known as a skums way of fighting. The way that America fought back was dirty but ultimatley won the war for the colonies.

So in theory prisoners did very much affect the American Revolution. They were also treated poorly in unbearible conditions. Not only did they affect the outcome of the war but it shaped how prisoners are treated today.

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