Betsy+Ross

=Betsy Ross./= by Anecia and Jalyn

==Betsy Ross was born on January 1, 1792 in Philadelphia. She was named Elizabeth but her parents called her Betsy. Her family was so large that Betsy had to help sew the caps the girls wore. She went to school and learned how to sew. She was very good at it. When she was a teenager she worked at a furniture company sewing covers for the furniture. She married John Ross in 1773. They opened a small shop. The colonies were ruled by England and they wanted to be free. So they went to war against England. John joined the Army and was accidentally killed when a weapons shop exploded. Betsy ran their business alone. General George Washington who was in charge of the army wanted a flag to celebrate the colonists independence from England and asked Betsy to sew it. She did not like George's flag so she designed it differently. She sewed thirteen stars in a circle on a blue background and added thirteen red and white stripes. People liked her work and she even worked for Ben Franklin. She married Joseph Ashburn in 1777. Betsy and Joseph had five children. Betsy taught her daughters and granddaughters to sew to help her run her business. She retired and she had a hard time seeing. She liked it when people told her the story of how she made the first American Flag. Betsy Ross Died in 1836.==

Why is this person famous? Betsy is famous because she sewed the first American Flag.
.She sewed thirteen stars on a blue field.

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They worshiped god at Christ Church in Philadelphia.