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My Brother Sam is Dead
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The Battle of Lexington and Concord
Minutemen ambush British troops as they try to seize American supplies at Concord. -
Explication
Sam arrives home from the battle of Lexington and Concord, Father and Sam disagree on what side they should be on. Sam runs off with the Brown Bess and joins the Continental Army. -
Conflict
Tim can't decide which side, Patriot or Loyalist, he is on. When Tim talks to Sam he feels like a Patriot and when he talks to Father he feels like a Loyalist. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Colonial militia inflicted high casualties on the British forces as the British try to capture the Colonial redoubt on top of Breed's Hill. -
Rising Action
Continental soldiers come to take Father's Brown Bess, but Sam already had it. The soldiers continue to harass Father so Tim runs up to Tom Warrup's home and find Sam and the Brown Bess. Tim takes the Brown Bess and Sam runs after him, leading Sam right back to his home. When he sees Father, he runs away, -
Rising Action
Mr. Heron talks to Tim about delivering messages for him. Father does not want Tim to do this because the letter might get Tim into trouble with the British or the Patriots. -
Rising Action
Tim tries to deliver the letter anyway by telling Father he is going fishing. Betsy Read stops Tim claiming that the letter might get Sam arrested and hung by the British. Betsy takes the letter and then realizes it was just a test for Tim. -
Rising Action
Father and Tim go to Verplancks Point to trade cattle in order to get supplies for the tavern. Father and Tim are stopped by cow-boys on the way to Verplancks Point but are rescued by Loyalist horsemen. -
Rising Action
Father is captured by cow-boys on the way back from Verplancks Point. -
Rising Action
Mother and Tim have been tending to the farm and tavern in Father's absence when British troops march into Redding. The British kill and capture the members of the American militia, including one of Tim's friends. Tim reconsiders what side he's on. -
Rising Action
Sam's unit returns to Redding where he reunites with Mother and Tim. Tim finds out that Sam will reenlist because of a pact he has made with his friends. -
Climax
Sam is framed and arrested for stealing his own cattle, prompting his generals to sentence him to execution. -
Falling Action
Tim tries to save his brother by throwing a bayonet into the cell where Sam is being held. Unfortunetely, the rescue attempt fails. -
Falling Action
Sam is executed by being shot at from a short distance away and then being lit on fire. -
Battle of Yorktown
American and French forces defeat British forces to end major fighting in the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States of America as a nation. -
Resolution
Tim explains how he prospered into a very successful person after Sam's death. Tim also proclaims that he believes the seperation from Britain was necessary, but did not need to be turned into a war.
