“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Experience various games children would play during the 18th century. What how iron was forged into useful tools, or how pewter was transformed from molten metal to toy soldiers. Learning the trade of a Blacksmith entailed committing to a seven-year apprenticeship. This training may prove useful if the Regulars intend on attacking the township! You may even witness firsthand the type of illegal search of private quarters that gave rise to our Fourth Amendment!įall in line and learn to march, turn, and fire your musket as a enlistee into the township militia. Americans would have to house and feed the soldiers under the Quartering Act law, even if they had to temporarily live elsewhere. King George ordered the Colonists to surrender their homes to British Regulars whenever called upon. Students will be put on trial for smuggling, and attempt to win their freedom before a kingsman who acts as judge, jury and prosecution. Will you pay your tax or stand firm against the Tax collector Andrew Oliver? “No Taxation without Representation!”Įxperience the injustes of the meritime Admiralty Court led by loyalist judge Robert Auchmooty. In 1765, King George the III levied a tax upon the American Colonists known as the Stamp Act a fee to be paid on every form of printed document. Colonial Townships will use their martial drilling training to defend the tavern behind a dry stone wall while the Redcoat Townships will attempt to march on the tavern. You can also feel free to bring your own food to supplement your ration.Īfter lunch, students get to participate in a mock battle, a recreation of the 1775 Battle of St. If that’s not enough, visit the Bakery, General Store, of Hawk’s Head Publick House. You’ll be given a soldier’s ration of lemonade, cornbread, cheese, an apple and dried beef.
Text books come alive as students participate in these fun and challenging activities.Īfter you’re done with your village posts, you’ll have a brief lunch.
If smugglers are found, they will be arrested in a brief recreation of the “Gaspee Affair.” The excitement begins when the American minutemen attempt to come to the rescue.Īfter the opening skirmish, you’ll be off to participate in several hands-on stations. After everyone has arrived and is on the main green, the regulars will check you for contraband. Re-live that great struggle with us and bring the American Revolution alive!Īs you arrive, you’ll be placed in “townships.” You’ll stay with your township throughout the day and visit a variety of village posts. It is the story of what Patrick Henry labeled “wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty!” The struggle for independence is more than charts, trends, and abstract academic theories. Revolutionary War Family/Individual Tickets School/Group Reservations