Answer:
4. Mary Hayes
Explanation
Became known as Molly Pitcher for bringing the soldiers water while under fire. She too would take her husband’s place at a cannon
2. Margaret Corbin
Explanation
Took over firing a cannon after her husband was killed in battle - was hit by enemy fire herself
8. Abigail Adams
Explanation
Worked behind the scenes to try to gain more rights for women and for slaves.
1. Deborah Sampson
Explanation
pretended to be male and fought in the Continental Army
3. Hannah Blair
Explanation
had a farm in NC where she would hide patriots and supply them with food and medical care
6. Mercy Otis Warren
Explanation
Wrote a play about the British who were blockading Boston. The play helped to turn some that were initially Loyalists into Patriots.
7. Phyllis Wheatley
Explanation
Became the first African American woman, and the first slave, to publish a book of Patriotic poetry
5. Anne Marie Lane
Explanation
She enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, pretending to be a man. She fought in four major battles till she was wounded, and it was discovered that she was a woman
The 1993 flood, of the upper Mississippi River, was one of the most significant and damaging natural disasters ever to hit the United States.
The cause of this flood was the near continuous rainfall, and wet soil conditions in June and July.
a. Christianity offered comfort to people in troubled times.
b. Christianity gave people hope for a better future--at least in the afterlife.
c. Jesus' teachings made many Romans feel their life had meaning.
Mark the statement if it correctly explains Christianity's appeal to the people of the Roman Empire.
NOT:
d. Only Christians were allowed to hold offices in the government.
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