Women in the American Revolution
During the revolutionary war; some women wanted to fight side by side with the men but the men weren't so sure if they should let them. So afterwards they let the women participate by boycotting british goods, producing goods for the soldiers, spying on the british, following armies as they marched, washing and cooking for the soldiers, delivering secret massages, and fighting the british disguised as men.
The names of the women that participated are: Abigail Adams, Catherine Moore Barry, Margaret Corbin, Nancy Hart, Molly Hays McCauley, Esther Reed, Nancy Ward, Phillis Wheatley, Hannah Arnett, Martha Bratton, Lydia Darragh, Sybil Ludington, Rebecca Motte, Betsy Ross, Mercy Otis Warren, Prudence Wright, Elizabeth Zane, Penelope Barker, Elizabeth Burgin, Emily Geiger, Grace and Rachel Martin, Mary Lindley Murray, Deborah Sampson, Martha Washington, and Patience Wright.
The names of the women that participated are: Abigail Adams, Catherine Moore Barry, Margaret Corbin, Nancy Hart, Molly Hays McCauley, Esther Reed, Nancy Ward, Phillis Wheatley, Hannah Arnett, Martha Bratton, Lydia Darragh, Sybil Ludington, Rebecca Motte, Betsy Ross, Mercy Otis Warren, Prudence Wright, Elizabeth Zane, Penelope Barker, Elizabeth Burgin, Emily Geiger, Grace and Rachel Martin, Mary Lindley Murray, Deborah Sampson, Martha Washington, and Patience Wright.
Betsy Ross (a women in the american revolution) was also the women who made the first american flag.Betsy Ross was born to Samuel Griscom and Rebecca James Griscom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752, the eighth of seventeen children. She grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the society of friends dominated her life. She learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah Elizabeth Ann Griscom. Her great-grandfather Andrew Griscom, a Quaker carpenter, emigrated in 1680 from England. Betsy ross died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1836.
Abigail Adams was born in Massachusetts in 1744. She married John Adams the Colonial Leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the second President of the United States of America. She had ideas she would tell her husband. They were both leaders in a fight for independence. She wanted America to break away from Great Britain so they could make their own laws. She thought that the women should have more power.People know a lot about Abigail Adams because of the letters she wrote to her husband while he was away. In 1774 he was in Philadelphia at the First Continental Congress. Then he was away when the Declaration of Independence was being signed. Abigail had a lot to do at home when he was away. She taught her daughters and ran the farm. She did not always think it was fair that women had to stay home. She made people think about women's rights.
Nancy Morgan Hart was born in 1765 and died in 1830. She was not an educated person but she loved the idea that everyone should be free. She had a big heart for her friends. They say she didn't have very good manners but she knew how to handle a gun. She was a sharpshooter. She made history by shooting a gun at some Loyalist soldiers who broke into her house. First she and her daughter Sukey tricked them by making a turkey for them. Then when the soldiers started drinking, Nancy grabbed one of their guns and fired. She shot one of the soldiers dead. Her daughter then handed her another musket and she fired and killed another British soldier. They then agreed to surrender but Mrs. Morgan Hart kept them until her husband returned. He was about to shoot them all but his wife told them that they had surrendered and she said that shooting was too good for them. So the dead men were dragged outside and the others were taken outside and hung from a tree. This story turned out to be true many years later when a railroad company was planning to build where the Hart cabin was. When the railroad tore down the cabin they found six skeletons!
In my opinion women were very important in the american revolution. Based on some of the facts and stories of some of the women I wonder were we would be today. Those women were very courageous; and will do just about anything to make their country how it should be.
Test Questions
Which women in the American revolution shot two soldiers dead after breaking into her house?
a)Martha Bratton b)Nancy Morgan Hart c)Abigail Adams d)Betsy Ross What was one of the things that the women did in the American revolution? a)Played basketball b)Delivered secret messages c)Went to china d)Made guns and gunpowder Bibliography
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