Battalion
A body of troops ready for battle.
Bursar
Someone who manages the finances for an organization.
Cavalry
A group of soldiers that fight on horseback.
Comradery
The friendship within a group or community.
Constitutional Convention
A series of meetings between delegates to create a new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation. The Convention produced America’s Constitution, which specifies a strong, central government, which the Articles had lacked.
Continental Congress
A congress of delegates who governed the thirteen colonies during the American revolution and became the government of the United States of America.
Founding Father
One of the men who helped build the United States of America and its government in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Harem
A group of women who are all knowingly sexually involved with the same man.
Heed
To pay attention to or take notice of something.
Intransigent
Refusing to change one’s views or beliefs.
Kingsman
The lowest position in the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment of the British Army.
Martyr
Somebody who dies for the sake of his or her beliefs.
Monticello
The name of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in Virginia.
Mount Vernon
George Washington’s plantation in Virginia.
Mutiny
A rebellion against a figure of authority, such as sailors against a captain or soldiers against a general.
unimpeachable
Not able to be doubted, completely above suspicion.
in loco parentis
In place of a parent.
fire and brimstone
referring to a kind of Christian preaching that focuses on fear of sin and the dangers of hell.
duel
A contest with deadly weapons in order to settle a dispute of honor.
Icarus
A mythical character, the son of a craftsman who flew too close to the sun wearing wax wings, which melted, sending him crashing down
