Vocabulary
Acknowledged – To be recognized as important; To be accepted.
Ammunition – Bullets, cannon balls, and any other objects that can be fired from guns.
Anonymous – A person who’s name it not known and cannot be identified.
Chronicled – To provide details about an event; To write a narrative report.
Discreetly – Secretly; without anyone else knowing.
Enlisted – To engage or participate in a service or enterprise.
Heroism – The act of being brave; courage.
Incidents – Events; stories; situations.
Inferior – Lower in rank or value.
Linen – Cloth made of flax.
Loyalists – People who remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution.
Manufactured – To create a product from raw material(s) such as cloth, wood, metal, etc.
Matross – A soldier in the artillery who swabbed, loaded, and fired a cannon; a gunner; a cannoneer.
Militia – A group of able-bodied male citizens called to fight only in emergencies.
Patriots – People who loved, supported, and defended their land and fought for their rights to become an independent country.
Petitioned – To request formally in an oral or written form.
Pension – A sum of money given to people after they retire from service at any profession.
Persona – A role that one assumes or plays; A character that one pretends to be.
Petticoat – A slip that is worn by women under long skirts. It is often full and trimmed with lace.
Plantation – Several fields that are under cultivation; A large plot of land owned and cultivated by a family.
Prized Possessions – Personal belongings that are cherished or valued by the owner.
Rations – A fixed portion of food allotted to a person in times when supplies are low. Women camp followers were given half of the rations provided for the soldiers. If they had any children, each child received one-fourth of the full rations.
Redcoats – The British soldiers during the American Revolution.
Responsibilities – Duties; roles that a person is required to fill.
Satirized – To exaggerate or poke fun at; To attack the weakness or mistakes of people.
Suspicious – Suspect wrong doing; Distrustful.