Deborah Sampson

Why did Deborah have to leave home and go to work?

• Her mother did not want to take care of her.

• Both of her parents had died in an accident.

• Her mother could not support the family.

• Her father wanted her to learn responsibility

How could you tell that Deborah was a determined person?

• She learned to sew

• She learned to work hard

• She worked in a tavern

• She learned to read and write

Why did Deborah go to a neighboring town to enlist in the army?

• She did not want to be recognized

• She thought it would be more fun

• Her friends were enlisting there

• She wanted to take a long walk

Why did Deborah go on a lecture tour?

• She wanted to become famous

• Her family needed the money

• She wanted to make new friends

• She wanted to become president

Who helped Deborah obtain pension for her military service?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

Who was Robert Shurtliff

• a friend that Deborah met in the army

• the owner of the tavern where she worked

• the kindly minister who got Deborah a better place to work

• the identity Deborah took on when she became a soldier