AN ANIMAL TRACK
AN INSECT
A WOODEN TOOL
A WILD ANIMAL
AN 18th CENTURY BUILDING
SOLDIER’S SHOES OR BOOTS
A MONUMENT
ACTIVITY 2—Food & Supplies
Armies in the 1700’s were not always welcomed by people in the areas they marched through, as these armies often took food and other items from civilians. Sometimes they paid for these supplies, sometimes they did not. Sometimes, they might only promise to pay. Here in America, even if the soldiers paid for supplies, it might be with Continental money, which wasn’t often accepted by everyone.
When soldiers were officially ordered by their army to collect what was needed, it was called requisitioning [“reh-kwi-zi-shen-ing”] When soldiers took items without permission, it was called theft (stealing). Civilians usually felt it was theft, whether the soldiers had the army’s permission or not.