Colonial Vocabulary 4
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BOUNTY
- A payment of $10 to $200 to recruits in return for enlisting in the army during the American Revolution
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CAMPAIGN
- A series of military maneuvers lasting a few weeks or months against the apposing army
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FIRECAKE
- The sparse food item made of water and flower cooked on a flat rock near a campfire many soldiers were reduced to eating fire cake
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FLINTLOCK MUSKET
- A muzzle loading musket or firearm that uses a flip and a ingnite of black powder. Many flintlocks in the revolutionary war were British Brown bees.
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HUNTING SHIRT
- Lien fringed shirt or light jacket worn by American soldiers during the revolutionary war
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STRATEGY
- The art of military command as to an overall plan of war. How to deploy troops.
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TREATY
- A formal binding agreement between two or more countries by representatives.
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WINTER QUARTERS
- The static winter camp of armies during the winter months. The most famous American winter quarters during the Revolution was Vally Forge.
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