THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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Dressing like a man and fighting in the Revolution
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Dressing like a man for entertainment
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Dressing like a man daily
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Dressing like a man and running from the war
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Detailed explanation-1: -Deborah Sampson became a hero of the American Revolution when she disguised herself as a man and joined the Patriot forces. She earned a full military pension for participation in the Revolutionary army. Born on December 17, 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts. Sampson was one of seven children to Jonathan Sampson Jr.
Detailed explanation-2: -Since Sampson fought on the American side in the war while pretending to be a man, she would have worn the uniform of the Continental Army (Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, a blue coat with white vest and breeches) while in action.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Revolutionary War, Deborah Sampson joined the fight for independence. She had to conceal her identity to help defeat the British on the battlefield. Disguised as a man, she joined the 4th Massachusetts Regiment as “Robert Shurtleff” and fought in combat.
Detailed explanation-4: -I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery paths of female delicacy.