THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To make lunches for the soldiers
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To bandage wounds
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To carry pitchers of water for the thirsty soldiers or for their smoldering cannons.
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To cook supper for the soldiers and wash their clothes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some women carried water to troops on the battlefield, both to drink and to cool the cannons. According to legends popularized during the 19th century, a woman known as Molly Pitcher was bringing water to the troops during the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born in 1754, Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley was the daughter of a New Jersey dairy farmer. At the age of 13, she went to work as a domestic/servant and married a barber named William Hays. When the Revolutionary War began, William enlisted and became a gunner in the Pennsylvania Artillery.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Molly Pitcher” was the common nickname for women who carried water to the troops during American Revolutionary War. During the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey on June 28, 1778, Mary Ludwig Hayes, the wife of a Pennsylvania artilleryman, was carrying water and saw her husband collapse.