THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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to show how women worked as nurses
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to give an example of a militia leader
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to tell how one woman joined the fighting
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to give a historian’s perspective
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sneaking Into George Washington’s Army From the time the Revolutionary War broke out, Deborah Sampson desperately wanted to join the fight for freedom and become a member of the Continental Army.
Detailed explanation-2: -After a childhood as an indentured servant, she worked as a school teacher for a few years. The venturesome Sampson decided to enter the Continental Army to participate in the American Revolutionary War. Assuming a man’s identity, she enlisted as “Robert Shurtleff” in the 4th Massachusetts Regiment in 1782.
Detailed explanation-3: -The diary, written by Abner Weston, suggests Sampson likely did not fight at Yorktown as she claimed. He dates Sampson’s botched enlistment to a period around January 1782, months after the British thrashing at Yorktown.
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.