How did Deborah Sampson contribute to the war effort? A) She dressed up as a man and fought in several battles. B) She supplied cannon and guns to the army. C) As a spy, she found out English plans of attack. D) She made metal cartridges from a melted statue.
Deborah Sampson Military woman Deborah Samson Gannett, better known as Deborah Sampson or Deborah Samson, was a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia Born: December 17, 1760, Plympton, Massachusetts, United States Died: April 29, 1827, Sharon, Massachusetts, United States Spouse: Benjamin Gannet (m. 1785–1827) Children: Susanna Baker Shepard, Earl Gannett, Patience Gannett, Mary Gannett
My guess is A
Deborah Samson Gannett (December 17, 1760 – April 29, 1827[1][2]), better known as Deborah Sampson or Deborah Samson, was a woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She is part of a small number of women with a documented record of military combat experience in that war.[3] She served 17 months in the army, as "Robert Shurtleff"[4][5] of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was wounded in 1782 and honorably discharged at West Point, New York in 1783. Correct! :D
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