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Ladies, Please!
Treat me to Paris!
Give Me Death or Give Me Liberty!
To Drum or not to Drum!
Play the music, Please
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A Philadelphia schoolteacher, loyal to the crown, she assumed a false name and pretended to peddle while counting Continental Army troops and supplies for the British. Unfortunately, this means that the most significant women in the Revolutionary War may be completely unknown to us. Many were probably never caught spying, and their secret role may never have been documented.
Who is Ann Bates?
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The Treaty to Paris had to do with agreements on fishing rights, debts, prisoners of war, access to the Mississippi River, and the property of Loyalists. Both sides wanted to protect their citizen's rights and possessions. Which day was it signed?
What is September 3, 1783?
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These battles were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge, near Boston.
What are Battles of Lexington and Concord?
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This instrument is percussion instrument known for its shallow cylindrical shape and staccato sound. Snare drums are often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands, parades, drumlines, drum corps, and ( in 1700s) war tunes.
What is a Snare Drum?
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It is a lament about having to go away to war and leave the women behind. Of course, during any war, separation between family members is inevitable, and couples part each other not knowing when or if they will see each other again. As this song states, men and women may not have liked it, but most felt it was their duty to support the war and their country. Men showed their support by fighting as soldiers, and women by sacrificing their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons
What is the song, Johnny´s gone for a soldier?
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"Though we consider thee as a public enemy, we regard thee as a private friend. While we detest the cause thee fights for, we wish well to thy personal interest and safety." ~ This Heroine said this quote.
Who is Lydia Darragh?
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These men signed the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783. Can you name all these men?
Who is Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens?
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This battle was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey.
What is The Battle of Trenton?
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It is a kind of small shrill flute used especially with the drum in military bands.
What is a fife?
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"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.
What is the song, The Congress?
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This Heroine became famous for her ride to warn the Patriot militia of the British coming, similar to that of Paul Revere, but she was only 16 years old.
Who is Sybil Ludington?
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The Treaty of Paris (1783) was one of a series of treaties or the Treaty of Versailles of 1783, that established peace between Great Britain and the allied nations of France, Spain, and the Netherlands. Negotiated as a separate treaty between Great Britain and the United States, the primary provisions of the Treaty of Paris established the independence of the United States and ended hostilities between the two nations. Other provisions dealt with the defining of borders, restitution for Loyalist property confiscated by Americans during the war, the return of slaves confiscated by the British, and the removal of British troops from American soil. There is another name for the Treaty of Paris and it is ....
What is the Peace of Paris?
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General Washington broke camp at Trenton to avoid a British advance, attacking the British rearguard and train near Princeton and then withdrawing to Morristown.
What is Battle of Princeton, New Jersey?
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This instrument is like a small trumpet, typically without valves or keys and used for military signals.
What is bugle?
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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 (i.e. "fight and shout and shout and fight"). The word "huzzah" was used as a celebratory exclamation in colonial America (and in England), and in this context would be like yelling, "Go America!" The last verse refers to the desire to dominate ("the masters of the main") and to be recognized as a free and strong country, similar to the reputation of England, France, and Spain at that time.
What is the song, Free America?
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She was one of the few women spies of the revolutionary war. She was a French spy for the British, whose true identity was never discovered.
Who is Miss Jenny?
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On 5 March 1782, twelve years after the Boston Massacre, Britain entered into peace negotiations with the French and Americans. The former North American colonies were not at the centre of the major powers' strategic concerns, and the United States negotiators, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, took full advantage of France and Britain's fears of growing Russian influence over the Ottoman Empire and need for rapprochement in order to secure the greatest advantage to their young nation. The French and British ministers also believed that a United States of America offered lucrative opportunities for trade and that a generous treaty would encourage economic links. Who were those ministers?
Who was Vergennes and Shelburne?
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This battle,ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led.
What is The Battle of Yorktown or The Siege of Yorktown?
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These are barrels by experienced "bottle makers" with their distinctive rims of staves bound together by wooden hoops (later examples would use thin iron bands).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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This song was a popular tune written by William Billings. It eventually became the anthem for the Continental Army. One can conclude that this was not a song to be sung in taverns. Notice the piety and solemnity of the words and tune, as it trusts in God to win the war. "Slavery clank her galling chains, we fear them not, we trust in God." Men might have marched off to battle singing or humming this patriotic tune. Note that the slavery referred to in this song is not about African chattel slavery, as practiced in the Colonies, but rather a slavery to the British crown. This is a good opportunity to discuss the dual notions of slavery in early America.
What is the song, Chester?
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This female was a spy during the American Revolution, part of the Culper Ring. She is one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity is unknown.
Who was Agent 355?
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This document was the official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is The Treaty of Paris?
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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 The Battle of Saratoga?
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This instrument is a large, two-headed drum that has a low booming sound.
What is a bass drum?
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Revolutionary War soldiers marching to a fife and drum about the time Yankee Doodle hops on his pony. But the song did not begin as a patriotic tune. Nor was it written during the American Revolution.
What is Yankee Doodle?