VocabularyGuns for General Washington

Stalemate

• n. when no action or can be taken, no progress

• syn: standoff, standstill

• antonyms: progress, advance

• stalemates

chasm

• n. A deep crack or gap in the earth surface

• syn: gorge• ant: closing• chasms,

lobsterback

• n. A nickname given to a British soldier in the 1700’s since their uniform jacket was red.

• syn: Redcoat, soldier• ant: militia, Patriot• lobsterbacks

convoy

• n. a group of military vehicles traveling together with the same orders.

• syn: group, escort• ant:• convoys

artillery

• n. Guns, cannons, and other weapons used by soldiers to fight

• syn: arms, weapons• ant:• artilleries

militia

• n. A army formed by volunteer citizens

• Syn: reserves, minutemen

• Ant: civilians, citizens• militias

daft

• adj. Foolish, senseless or stupid

• Syn: absurb, insane• Ant: smart• Daftness, daftly,

dafter, daftest

staunch

• Adj. firm, steadfast and loyal in character.

• syn: trustworthy, reliable

• ant: unworthy, unreliably

• staunchly, staunchness, stauncher, staunchest

optimistic

• Adj. to see good about something, or a favorable outcome.

• syn: positive, cheery, confident

• ant: pessimist, negative, doubtful

• Optimistically, optimistics, optimism

fife

• n. A high pitched flute held vertically

• Syn: flute, piccalo• fifes

scurvy

• n. A disease where a person lacks vitamin C. due to an improper diet.

• syn. Diseased, infection

• ant. healthy• no word endings

blockade

• n. a formation surround a place to prevent people from entering or exiting

• syn: barricade, barrier• ant: advantage,

opening• blockades

tricorn

• N. a hat with 3 sides and points, shaped like a triangle

• Syn: hat• Ant: baseball hat• tricorns

mortar

• n. a very short cannon that shoots at high angles

• syn: cannon• ant: sword• mortars

Powder

• N. a substance ground to a fine consistency, used for the explosion in weapons

• syn: gunpowder• ant• powders

colonel

• N. high position of leadership in the army

• syn: leader• Ant: private, first

class, unranked.• colonels

privateer

• n. a person who is ordered to fight or harass other ships

• syn: pirate• ant: sailor• privateers

floe

• n. a sheet of floating ice

• Syn: iceberg, berg• ant:water• floes

reenlist

• v. to enlist, or sign up, again.

• syn: reenroll, retire• reenlisted, reenlisting

barrage

• n. a heavy barrier or wall with artillery,

• Syn: bombardment, gunfire

• ant:

Henry Knox

• Born in 1750• Opened a bookstore

to support his mom and younger brother.

• appointed by General Washington to be Chief of Artillery

• After the war, under President Washington, he was appointed Secretary of War.

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3 months

60 tons, or 119,000 pounds of artillery

Moved by boat, animal-pulled sleds

Colonel William Howe

• British commander of England’s blockade of Boston in 1775-1776

Fort Ticonderoga

Knox’s artillery convoy

The Berkshire Mountains

Fort Ticonderoga

Dorchester Flats