In October of 1778 Deborah Samson of Plympton, Massachusetts disguised herself as a young man and presented herself to the American army as a willing volunter to oppose the common enemy. She enlisted for the whole term of the war as Robert Shirtliffe and served in the company of Captain Nathan Thayer of Medway, Massachusetts.
James Forten didn't fight in the war. He did write a pamphlet called Letters from a Man of Colour, though, during the Revolutionary War.
Thayendanegea, a Mohawk Indian known as Joseph Brandt, was allied with the British before and after the Revolutionary War. He was an educated man, serving as a missionary and as a British military officer.
Haym Solomon was the man you are thinking of.
It was a 12 man oligarchy.
If you were to compare anyone to Deborah Sampson it would be Joan of Arc who was a female dressed in mens armour who fought for the french during a war with the same country (United Kingdom). She also was considered to be very young to fight even if she was a man.
she dressed up as a man, and fought for her country.
she dressed up as a man, and fought for her country.
she dressed up as a man, and fought for her country.
Deborah Samson fought in the revolutionary war, dressed up and pretending to be a man
She was important because she went in the revolutionary war and fought dressed as a man.
She was a woman in the revolution that dressed as a man to fight in the war. Women were not suppose to fight so she enlisted as a young man.
Deborah Sampson's husband was named Benjamin Gannet. She is known for serving in the American Revolutionary War. She dressed as a man to serve in the war.
Deborah Sampson cared about her country, and that's why she pretended to be a man so she could fight in the Revolutionary war for her countries freedom. And guess what,............. it definitely worked, because now, they let man and women fight in the war.
James Forten didn't fight in the war. He did write a pamphlet called Letters from a Man of Colour, though, during the Revolutionary War.
John Hancock was the richest man in New England before the Revolutionary War. Hope it helps!
Do you man the last battle? It was Yorktown.
she dressed up as a man and joined the army.