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AM REV 4

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CAMPAIGN

A SERIES OF MILITARY MANEUVERS LASTING A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS AGAINST AN OPPOSING ARMY.

FIFE

A HIGH PITCHED FLUTE THAT BOTH ARMIES USED FOR MILITARY STYLE MUSIC. SOLDIERS WHO PLAYED THE FIRE WERE KNOWN AS PIPERS.

FLINTLOCK MUSKET

A MUZZLE LOADING MUSKET OR LONG FIREARM THAT USES FLINT IN THE HAMMER TO STRIKE A SPARK AND IGNITE THE BLACK POWDER.
Photo by ryochiji

FORTNIGHT

OLD ENGLISH TERM MEANING 14 DAYS, OR TWO WEEKS TIME.
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HUNTING SHIRT

LINEN FRINGED SHIRT OR LIGHT JACKET WORN BY MOST AMERICAN SOLDIERS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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TIME CAPSULE

A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL ITEMS INTENTIONALLY HIDDEN OR BURIED TO BE SAVED AND RECOVERED BY A LATER GENERATION.
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TOMAHAWK

THE LIGHT AX CARRIED BY CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF BAYONETS FOR THEIR MUSKETS

TREASON

THE ACT OF BETRAYING YOUR COUNTRY TO THE ENEMY.
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TREATY

A FORMAL, BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE COUNTRIES USUALLY SEALED BY SIGNATURES OF REPRESENTATIVES.

VICTUALS

COMMON EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY TERM FOR FOOD, OR RATIONS.

WINTER QUARTERS

THE STATIC WINTER CAMP OF ARMIES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. THE MOST FAMOUS AMERICAN WINTER QUARTERS DURING THE REVOLUTION WAS AT VALLEY FORGE, PENNSYLVANIA, DURING THE WINTER OF 1777-1778.
Photo by Ryan Graybill

JOHN PAUL JONES (1779)

I HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT
Photo by Tim Evanson

GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE (1781)

WE FIGHT, GET BEAT, RISE, AND FIGHT AGAIN.
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LAFAYETTE AT YORKTOWN (1781)

THE PLAY, SIR, IS OVER.
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GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS (1781)

THE LATE AFFAIR HAS ALMOST BROKE MY HEART.
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LORD NORTH (1781)

OH GOD, IT’S ALL OVER!
Photo by D H Wright

JAMES OTIS (1783)

UBI LIBERTAS IBI PATRIA. (WHERE LIBERTY IS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.)