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American Rev Vocab/quotes Quiz

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

I HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT

JOHN PAUL JONES

WE FIGHT, GET BEAT, RISE, AND FIGHT AGAIN

GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE

THE PLAY SIR, IS OVER

LAFAYETTE AT YORKTOWN

THE LATE AFFAIR HAS ALMOST BROKE MY HEART

GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS

OH GOD, ITS ALL OVER!

- LORD NORTH

WHERE LIBERTY IS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY

-JAMES OTIS

BOUNTY

  • A payment of $10 to $200 to recruits in return for
  • Enlististing in the army militia during the American Revolution

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. People who played it were known as pipers.

FIRECAKE

  • The sparse food item made of water and flour, cooked
  • on a flat rock near a campfire.

FLINTLOCK MUSKET

  • A muzzle loading musket or long firearm that uses a flint
  • In the hammer to strike a spark and ignite the black powder.

FORTNIGHT

  • Old English term meaning 14 days, or 2 weeks time

HUNTING SHIRT

  • Linen fringed shirt or light jacket worn by most American
  • soldiers during the Revolutionary war.

LIBERTY POLE OR TREE

  • A centrally located pole or tree that Patriots used to
  • Post announcements or rally to for protest

STRATEGY

  • The art of military command as to an overall plan
  • Of war. ( how to deploy troops and where to deploy troops
  • Are parts of strategic planning.

TIME CAPSULE

  • A collection of historical items intentionally hidden or
  • Buried to be saved and recovered by a later generation