AM REV 1 AIDAN #9

APPRENTICE

• A person under a legal agreement 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.

GENTLEMEN

• 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 III. Approximately one third of all American Colonists during the Revolution were Loyalists.

MECHANIC

• A tradesman or other craftsman who worked with his or her hands, such as 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 eighteenth 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.

PATRIOT SLOGAN

• “Join or die!”

BEN FRANKLIN

• “There was never a good war or a bad peace.”

JOHN DICKINSON

• “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, divided we fall.”

PATRICK HENRY

• “Give me liberty or give me death!”

COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT

• “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes, then fire low!”

COLONEL JOHN PARKER

• “Hold your fire men, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here!”

NATHAN HALE

• “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”