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Colonial Life
Mary Anne Kingsley was legally born to a Socialite in London, England, in the 1720’s. She has blonde hair that falls in soft honeyed layers around her neck, with shocks of chestnut throughout. There’s a certain elegance to the way she moves, like you know she’s up to no good. And she usually isn’t. See, Mary Anne is a ship rat. Her tattered clothing and messy exterior allow her to blend in with Wales’s finest. Gifted with knowledge of fluent Welsh, she fits in amongst the many docks and harbors she has made her home. When her parents died in a robbery on the streets of Manchester, she knew she had to get out of England to get a new start. That’s when she decided to move to Wales to start life as a stowaway.

With all the ships going in and out of the harbors each day, it’s easy to get confused. So when she arrived at a London port, only to hop onto another ship and find out it was going to the New World, she couldn’t help but be scared and a little intrigued. She spent the next few months stealing food when she could and pretending to be part of the crew. As a girl, it was hard to keep up appearances, so she inevitably had to start wearing men’s clothing and keep her hair back in a very male style. That was okay with her though. Each night, she plotted how she was going to live once she got to the colonies. Where and how were both big issues for her. Then the day came and they finally arrived in Rhode Island. She eventually took up as a dressmaker’s apprentice, and soon she became a full on dressmaker. But where to live was still a big problem for her. She’d moved from house to house seeing who was willing to take her in, but she finally decided on getting married to secure her residence. But like so many young colonists, Mary Anne’s story is just beginning.

Revolution
HFC Research Part 1.

**Topic:**  Publication of Common Sense/Articles of Confederation
 * “Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness...”-Thomas Paine
 * “...the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise.”-Thomas Paine
 * Illegal goods were sold unabashedly in shops.
 * According to Paine, being a king didn’t require leadership skills, it required being born into the right family.
 * The Articles of Confederation: The earliest version of the US constitution. Was not accepted as the official constitution due to Congress’ lack of power in it to collect taxes and enforce laws.
 * Used as a temporary constitution until the real one was made.

**Works Cited** "Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution." //ushistory.org// . N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. .

"The Articles of Confederation | Early America's Milestone Historic Documents." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Archiving Early America: Primary Source Material from 18th Century America// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/articles/>.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"The Articles of Confederation: A Reaction to Thomas Paine's Common Sense - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Associated Content - associatedcontent.com// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. <http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/21294/the_articles_of_confederation_a_reaction.html?cat=37>.

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 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Articles Of Confederation
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goes down to a tailor,
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hears from another woman about “articles.”
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Woman’s husband has been asked to draft.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Woman explains what is in the rough draft of these articles.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walks home
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thinks of how this could affect her and her husband.
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What are the flaws in these articles?
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Move to New York so husband can work on the creation of fort
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hear word about British soldiers coming to attack fort to the north
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rumors of an attack at local fort abound
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-alpha; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attack at local fort
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: lower-roman; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No children, so she runs away.

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 * Exposition: Rhode Island, 1776 Mary Anne Kingsley has just gotten married
 * Rising Action: Mary Anne is forced to move to New York for her husband's work as a blacksmith.
 * Crisis: There is an attack on a local fort
 * Climax: The attack on the local fort is succeeded by a group of similar attacks
 * Falling Action: The Americans push the attacking forces away
 * Denouement: The attacking forces are forced away near completely, gaining Mary Anne's safety and her husband's.
 * Story Theme: I want people to see what it's like to fear for someone you love, and I want to show how the war affected people not directly involved.