My Brother Sam is Dead

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  1. 5. A soldier that leaves his post, like Sam did when visiting his family the night the cattle were stolen, might be executed for being a _____.
  2. 9. Where is Redding?
  3. 10. An inexpensive biscuit that was part of rations that, along with water, were the only thing the continental soldiers had to eat sometimes.
  4. 12. During their trip to Verplanck's Point Tim's father rode a horse named ____.
  5. 14. A group of colonists ready to take on the British at any minute.
  6. 15. Tim's father Eliphalet (Life) died on a British prison ship from a _____ epidemic.
  7. 16. Money used by the continental army that would be worthless if they lost the war.
  8. 18. The name of the Meeker family gun that Sam steals from his father before running away to fight in the war.
  9. 19. A type of rifle commonly carried by soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
  10. 20. Large cannons used by the British troops that Tim described as 12-feet long as the British troops passed through Redding.
  11. 21. One alcohol that was hard to get because it was made by distilling grain and all grain was needed for food during the war.
  12. 22. A slang name used by the Patriots for Redding.
  13. 24. Books used by Life to judge the weather and help decide when to leave for Verplanck's Point.
  14. 26. City largely held by loyalists where many traders came from to get beef in Verplanck's Point.
  15. 28. Someone who supported staying with England was a(n)____.
  16. 29. Knife that Tim threw over the fence to try to help Sam escape was a _____ that is normally attached to the end of a rifle.
  17. 30. A large river by Peekskill and Verplanck's Point that was the largest and most beautiful river Tim had ever seen.
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  1. 1. Town where the Meekers live and most of the story takes place.
  2. 2. A slang term that Sam uses for British Soldiers.
  3. 3. A person that supported Independence from Britain was known as a(n) _______.
  4. 4. An area where Jerry and Tim would fish that was created by damming a river and using the flow to power a mill.
  5. 6. Sam's fate is left up to General _____.
  6. 7. A ______ was a wooden fence built around a base or encampment.
  7. 8. Mr. Heron's profession of measuring and separating land that was very profitable as America was being colonized. Also the profession that Tim took up later in life.
  8. 11. Tool used for plowing fields in farming that seemed like hard work to Tim.
  9. 13. A group of men that protected Tim and his Father as they tried to get the cattle to Verplank's Point.
  10. 17. Rebel soldiers were also known as _____, and Tim's mother swore she would never serve them again after Sam's execution.
  11. 19. A job that Tom Warrups did for Mr. Heron that Tim tried to do once and lied to his father about.
  12. 23. Sam called people in his town who wanted to stay with England because of the church, _____.
  13. 25. A group of men that said they were trying to prevent cattle from being sold to the British, but they were really just cattle theives.
  14. 27. The place where the Meeker family lived and worked serving traders and selling supplies and alcohol.