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Major Battles of American Revolution
Too Drum or not to Drum!
I Should Get a Treat And Go To Paris!
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This women butted into a meeting to which she was not invited, and turned the hearts and minds of the men in attendance. The men, citing poor battlefield reports of the ill-equipped Patriots. They were thinking about giving up and returning to the British side by signing a Proclamation of loyalty to Britain. She called them cowards, which they might have become. She insisted that they not give up, although she was considering giving up her marriage if her husband gave up the fight. He had to agree with her. The meeting ended with the men deciding to continue the fight. It's a good thing they did. Thanks to her, the move towards independence would continue.
Is she Hannah Arnett?
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This is a well-known Anglo-American song, the origin of which dates back to the Seven Years' War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501. The British sang this song to make fun of the colonist, but the colonist found it calming.
Is it Yankee Doodle?
100
This was a battle fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after A Place in Charlestown, Boston, which was to the side of the place involved in the battle, and was the original objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the vast majority of combat took place on an adjacent Hill.
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill?
100
This instrument is one of the simplest brass instruments, having no valves or other pitch-altering devices. All pitch control is done by varying the player's embouchure. Consequently, this instrument is limited to notes within the harmonic series.
What is a Bugle?
100
The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty. Name those men.
What is John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens.
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She made history by shooting a gun at some Loyalist soldiers who broke into her house. First she and her daughter tricked them by making a turkey for them. Then when the soldiers started drinking, she grabbed one of their guns and fired. She shot one of the soldiers dead. Her daughter then handed her another musket and she fired and killed another British soldier. They then agreed to surrender but she kept them hostage until her husband returned. He was about to shoot them all but his wife told them that they had surrendered and she said that shooting was too good for them. So the dead men were dragged outside and the others were taken outside and hung from a tree.
Is she Nancy Hart?
200
"The Congress" generates from the Tory, or loyalist, contingent rejoicing "the gracious King." The lyricist called the members of Congress "knaves," "stupid fools," and "servile acquiescing tools," worse than the "plague," and "famine." The writer makes it clear that if Congress did not convene, peace, harmony, and law would be restored.
Is the song The Congress?
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In 1755, French settlers in North America began building a military fortification, Fort Carillon, on the western shore of Lake Champlain. Because of its location, which offered access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley, the fort saw more fighting during the French and Indian War than any other post. In July 1758, British forces unsuccessfully attacked the fort, suffering heavy casualties. Under the command of General Jeffrey Amherst, the British returned the following year and were able to defeat the French, who destroyed much of Fort Carillon and withdrew to Canada.
What is Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
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This instrument is a small, high-pitched, transverse flute, that is similar to the piccolo, but louder and shriller due to its narrower bore. It originated in medieval Europe and is often used in military, marching bands, and war cry.
What is a fife?
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When she was not spending time as a socialite in British-occupied Manhattan (or maybe even when she was), she was a member of America’s first, elite spy ring, operating in and around the critical harbor city. Little is known about this mysterious figure. Described as a person of disarming wit and beguiling charm, she seems to have vanished at some point shortly before the end of the American Revolution. To this day, she is the only member of Washington’s Culper Spy network whose identity remains unknown. What is known is just how crucial the information was that she slipped out of the city and into the hands of the commander-in-chief — information that helped the colonies defeat the world’s most powerful military.
Is she Agent 355?
300
This song one of the best songs to truly represent the relationship between England and the colonies. Tea was a widely used beverage in Britain and the colonies. Most Colonists drank tea. A note of contempt is clear as England is portrayed as a rich, old queen who only wanted to become wealthier. Knowing that her daughter is being rebellious the mother sends a significant amount of tea to her daughter who promptly throws it into the ocean (The Boston Tea Party), and again declares to her "dear mother" that she will never pay a tax on tea. This is a great and hardy song for a class to sing together provided that the "NEVER" in the last line of the seventh verse is yelled with fists in the air.
Is the song Revolutionary Tea?
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After the British scored victories in South Carolina at Charleston and Camden, Major General Nathanael Greene , commander of the Continental army’s Southern campaign, decided to divide Patriot troops in the Carolinas in order to force the larger British contingent under General Charles Cornwallis to fight them on multiple fronts—and because smaller groups of men were easier for the beleaguered Patriots to feed. Brigadier General Daniel Morgan took 300 Continental riflemen and some 700 militiamen with the intention of attacking the British backcountry fort, Ninety-Six.
What is Battle of Cowpens?
300
This instrument belongs to the oldest instrumental family in existence. As was the custom, they are made of ash shells and hoops white Snare Drum belongs to the oldest instrumental family in existence. They used for American and European forces. As was the custom, they are made of ash shells and hoops with calfskin heads and gut snares and are beaten by wooden mallets or sticks in a rudimentary style. It belongs to the oldest instrumental family in existence.
What is a The Snare Drum?
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This charming young woman who not only contributed to the betrayal of Benedict Arnold, but also helped orchestrate it. This women was a loyalist to England. Prior to her marriage to Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold began reaching out to the British, offering to work for them as a spy and betray his colonial cause. To whom did Benedict Arnold write? Her former lover
Is she Peggy Shippen Arnold?
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This song would have been sung heartily with the same strong conviction as one would sing at a current day high school football game. The last verse refers to the desire to dominate and to be recognized as a free and strong country, similar to the reputation of England, France, and Spain at that time.
Is the song Free America?
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Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, this battle was a turning point in the American Revolution. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist’s cause and enter the war as their ally.
What is Battle of Saratoga?
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These instruments had been popular with Turkish armies for many years, and British, German and French soldiers who fought in the American Revolution were familiar with their sound. The musical taste of both enemies and allies influenced American musicians. As the war continued, Americans began adopting the use of these instrument. By the early 19th-century, the instrument was a standard part of America's military music.
What is the bass drum?
400
This 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies. France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there.
What is The Treaty Of Paris?
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This young patriot from upstate New York was tapped for a dangerous midnight mission after the British raided Danbury, Conn., in April of 1777. She was the 16-year-old daughter of an American colonel. She also happened to ride about twice as far as Paul Revere.
Is she Sybil Ludington?
500
Many families became destitute without the man as provider of the main source of income. One could easily change some of the period rhetoric and apply this song to other wars in World History.
Is the song Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier?
500
In the fall of 1781, a combined American force of Colonial and French troops laid siege to the British Army at a town in Virginia. Led by George Washington and French General Comte de Rochambeau, they began their final attack on October 14th, capturing two British defenses and leading to the surrender, just days later, of British General Lord Cornwallis and nearly 9,000 troops. This place proved to be the final battle of the American Revolution, and the British began peace negotiations shortly after the American victory.
What is The Siege of Yorktown - the British surrender ended the American Revolutionary War?
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More popular than the "cheese box" was an instrument that was constructed like barrels by experienced "bottle makers" with their distinctive rims of staves bound together by wooden hoops.The Continental Army ordered thousands of them. They were rugged and serviceable and held about a quart of liquid.
What is THE "DRUM" CANTEEN?
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Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. On September 3, 1783, the something was signed, bringing the Revolutionary War to its final conclusion. Name that something.
Was it Treaty of Paris was signed?