Words That Made A Revolution
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PATRIOT SLOGAN (1754)
JOIN OR DIE!
BEN FRANKLIN (1757)
THERE WAS NEVER A GOOD WAR OR A BAD PEACE.
JOHN DICKINSON (1768)
THEN JOIN HAND IN HAND, BRAVE AMERICANS ALL! BY UNITING WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.
PATRICK HENRY (1775)
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!
COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT (1775)
DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES, THEN FIRE LOW!
Apprentice - A person under A legal arrangement to work for a specific time to learn a craft or skill from a master craftsman. Most apprentices were boys, 10-18 years of age.
Broadside - A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and used to publicly advertise, Announce, or offer political opinions During the late colonial period.
Gentleman - a man born belonging to the upper classes of polite society or a man of high social standing.
Liberty - To be free of government interference. To the patriots, Liberty was freedom from control by Great Britain.
Liberty pole or tree - a centrally located pole or tree that patriots used to post announcements or rally to for protest.
Loyalist/Tory - an American who did not support revolution against Great Britain and was loyal to the king, George The third. Approximately one third of all American colonists during the revolution were loyalists.
Mechanic – tradesmen or other craftsmen who works with his or her hands such a printer, Bricklayer, or Silversmith.
Memorabilia – A collection of Memorable or valued items from the past.
Merchant – a person whose business was trading with other countries such as great Britain. Many loyalists were merchants.
Patriot – an American during the war who supported the cause of revolution. Only about one third of Americans were patriots. Sometimes these people were called Whigs.
Smallpox – deadly and very contagious measles like disease that killed or permanently scarred many people during the eighteen century. Many soldiers were inoculated against smallpox.
Tavern - an inn or meeting place that offered lodging and sold food and drink for both travelers and regular customers in the colonial era. Many political discussions and plans were debated at taverns.
Continental - a soldier of the American army during the revolution. it was also useless paper money issued by Congress to help pay for the war ( hence the phrase, “not worth a continental.” )
Continental Congress - an assembly or representatives from the American colonies which operated as the legislative body during the revolutionary period.
Facsimile – A reproduction of the document, book, painting, or item.
Militia – citizen soldiers who were called out for emergencies to defend their homes and villages. Militia were first formed in new England to guard against indian attacks. the minutemen were militia.
minutemen - colonial militia who had pledged to fight the British ''at a minute notice''. they fought the British and lexington at concord in April, 1775 to begin the american revolution.
mob - an undisciplined group of protestors who often take the law into their own hands.
parliament - the official governing body of Great Britain made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Privateer - small, privately owned merchant ships that were fitted out with weapons to capture British merchant shipping.
rebel - british slang term for an american (patriot) not loyal to britain during the war.
redcoats - slang term for British soldiers who wore scarlet red uniform jackets.
sons of liberty - secret group of radicals formed by sam adams to protest the stamp act. they used violence such as tarring and feathering to punish loyalists and to protest british policies.
"''The Shot heard 'round the world'' - famous phrase from ralph waldo emerson's poem about the first shot of the revolutionary war at lexington and concord, Massachusetts, on april 19, 1775.
PATRIOT LEADERS (1775)
ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BE SEA.
GEORGE WASHINGTON (1775)
WHEN WE ASSUMED THE SOLDIER, WE DID NOT LAY ASIDE THE CITIZEN
PAUL REVERE (1775)
TURN OUT, TURN OUT! THE BRITISH ARE COMING. THE BRITISH ARE COMING!
COLONEL JOHN PARKER (1775)
HOLD YOUR FIRE MEN, BUT IT IF THEY MEAN TO HAVE A WAR, LET IT BEGAN HERE!
SAM ADAMS (1775)
WHAT A GLORIOUS MORNING FOR AMERICA!
Declaration of Independence - the formal statement that declared the United States free and independent of control by Great britain. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the second continental congress on July 4, 1776.
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Delegate - a person authorized or sent as a representative of others, such as the delegates to the second Continental Congress.
Diplomacy - The artful handing of international relations, a skill necessary to negotiate a successful treaty.
indentured Servant - A person, who in exchange for free passage to the american colonies, worked for a master for a period of from four to seven years. many americans came to the british colonies as indentured servants.
traitor - a person who betrays his country such as benedict arnold during the revolutionary war.
tricorn - three sided hat of both civilian and military fashion during the colonial and revolutionary eras.
tyranny (teer' rah nee) - an oppressive and unjust government ruled by a tyrant, or absolute. americans believed that the british government was a tyranny.
yankee - slang term used to describe a person from new england. later this term was used to describe an inhabitant of the united states.
declaration of independence (1776)
when in the course of human events...
declaration of independence (1776)
we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal...
Nathan hale ( 1776)
I only regret that i have but one life to give for my country.
thomas paine (1776)
these are the times that try men's souls.
george washington (1777 - 1778)
you might have tracked the army... to valley forge by the blood of their feet.
Bounty- a payment of $10 to $200 to recruits in return for enlisting in the army or 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. Soldiers who played the fife we're know as pipers.
Firecake - the sparse food item made of water and flour, cooked on a flat rock near a campfire. Many continental were reduced to eating only firecake during the Revolution.
Flintlock Musket- a muzzle loading musket or long fire arm that uses a flint in the hammer to strike a spark and ignite the black powder. Many flintlocks in the Revolutionary war were British “Brown Bess” muskets.
Fortnight - old English term meAning 14 days, or two weeks time.
Hunting Shirt - linen fringed shirt or light jacket worn by most American soldiers during the Revolutionary war. Replacement for military wool jackets of regulations.
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.
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.
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.
JOHN PAUL JONES (1779)
I HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT.
GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE (1781)
WE FIGHT, GET BEAT, RISE, AND FIGHT AGAIN.
LAFAYETTE AT YORKTOWN (1781)
THE PLAY, SIR, IS OVER.
GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS (1781)
THE LATE AFFAIR HAS ALMOST BROKE MY HEART.
LORD NORTH (1781)
OH GOD, IT'S ALL OVER!
JAMES OTIS (1783)
UBI LIBERTAS IBI PATRIA (WHERE LIBERTY IS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY.)
