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Betsy Ross

  • Betsy Ross was born

    Betsy Ross was born
    She was born a quaker
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    Betsy Ross

  • Betsy Learns to sew

    Betsy Learns to sew
    Her mother teaches her to sew, she fell in love with it and helps are puns the house.
  • Betsy and her first husband get married.

    Betsy and her first husband get married.
    Her Husband was named John Ross. his religion was not a Quakerism but hers was. She got banned from her family and her Friends meeting place.
  • Betsy and her husband open a sewing store

    Betsy and her husband open a sewing store
    Betsy would put her sewing skills to the test by sewing flags day and night for the state of Pennsyvanna. Her store was alwas busy. She was taught to sew at a young age and loved to do it.
  • Betsy meets with the committee of three

    Betsy meets with the committee of three
    Betsy Ross meets with the committee of Three. She wanted to have ideas on what they wanted the flag to look like.
  • george washington vists her

    george washington vists her
    while working in her sewing shop, she is visited by George Washington, he asks her to make a flag for the new nation
  • Betsy makes the American flag

    Betsy makes the American flag
    Betsy Ross makes history as she sews the first American Flag. People soon adored her and wanted her to make flags for them.
  • John Ross was killed

    John Ross was killed
    The Revolutionary war started. John Ross was killed by a gun powder explostion while on milita duty. Betsy spent day and night trying to keep up with her store. She married 2 more times after that.
  • Betsy Ross get married to her second husband

    Betsy Ross get married to her second husband
    Betsy and her new husband, Joseph Ashburn get married.
  • Betsy Ross's 2nd husband dies

    Betsy Ross's 2nd husband dies
    Joseph Ashburn dies at sea
  • betsy ross has children

    betsy ross has children
    Betsy Ross has 8 kids.
  • Betsy marries her 3rd husband

    Betsy marries her 3rd husband
    betsy marries her 3rd husbandm John Claypool.
  • betsy's job countinues

    betsy's job countinues
    over the years many other people came too her shop and asked her to make flags. She quickly becomes famous.
  • retires from making flags

    retires from making flags
    at the age of 75, Betsy Ross retires from making flags
  • Betsy Ross dies

    Betsy Ross dies
    Betsy Ross dies, we would always remember her as the lady who made the first American flag.