EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Question
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Women contributed significantly in the American Revolutionary War in all of the following ways except ____
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Taking care of the home front while men were away
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Served in key leadership roles in the military
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Served as spies
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Providing medical treatment to wounded soldiers
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Most women carried on with their daily tasks at home, but many took action by boycotting British goods or following their men into war–as cooks, nurses, and care-givers. Some, like Deborah Sampson, disguised themselves as men and joined the battle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which one of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause? replacing their husbands in political offices.
Detailed explanation-3: -So long as they remained unmarried, women could sue and be sued, write wills, serve as guardians, and act as executors of estates. But the revolutionary emphasis on equality brought some important changes in women’s inheritance rights.
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