Chapter 3 Part 2 (30 Pages)

5 Comments

- European powers conducted their activity through "Black Chambers"
- Intelligence got many ways to receive notices such as getting a mail or sliding hot wire beneath hot wax.
- British ambassador in Vienna accuses that Australia have copies of what the British are doing
- Count Kauntiz describes the British as clumsy people
- Woodhull advised Washington with plans and visions and strategies to have Great Britain acknowledge America's independence

4 Questions

- Why do the Europeans call the place a "Black Chamber"?
- Why was Australia part of what was happening with America and Great Britain?
- Does what Count Kauntiz said about the British means he is Australian?
- Is Woodhull, Washington's "intelligence"?

3 Vocabulary

1. Itemized - list the individuals
2. Countenances - expression of the face
3. Espionage - practice of spying

2 Literary Terms

- "...Woodhull being reluctant to raise suspicious by being away from Long Island for so long..." - Paradox
- "...Woodhull's grand strategic vision..." - Foreshadow - Woodhull have good plans for Washington to help gain independence

1 Overview

It is about Woodhull giving suggestions to Washington and what are beginning to think about Woodhull.

Chapter 3 Part 1 (30 pages 67- 97)

5 Comments:

- New York had many intelligence against the English.
- Lieutenant Caleb Brewster fearsome looks is a sense of humor to some people.
- All the reports that people do on the enemy are sent to Washington.
- Caleb Brewster is the one who keeps the watch on naval transports.
- Washington and his people were not only against the English, they were also fighting with the French.

4 Questions:

- Does this have to do with America fighting for the freedom from England?
- Why does everything take place on the east coast?
- What was burnt? (page 67)
- Who was New York importing and exporting with...England?

3 Vocabulary:

1. Provision - a clause in a illegal instrument
2. Languedoc - a former province in France
3. Endeavour - make an effort

2 Literary Terms:

- "...report on the enemy..." - Foreshadow - they know what is going on with the enemies so they are kind of ahead and know what to do to the enemies
- "...senior commander....hulking shape..." - Imagery

1 Overview:

It is about all the lieutenants of Washington reporting back information on the enemies (English and French).

Washington Spies Ch. 2

5 Comments:

- There was a fire on the day before Sunday
- New York was set on smoke by a rebel
- Congress ordered to evacuate everyone in New York
- New York was left defenseless after the "fire"

4 Questions:

- Why was New York set on smoldery?
- Where was everyone evacuated to when they have to leave New York?
- Did the economy of America drop?
- Did this happen before Washington was the president because he was a general?

3 Vocabulary:

1. Ablaze - gleaming with bright lights, bold colors, etc.
2. Smoldering - to burn with little smoke and not flame
3. Commissaries - a store that sells food and supplies to personnel or workers in military post, mining camp, lumber camp

2 Literary Term:

1. "...thus saving £ 200,000 worth of army supplies..." - Foreshadowing - Showing that the army will become stronger.
2. "The unsuspecting Likely then told him the names of several friends" - Foreshadowing - Enemy might become stronger because they now have access to informations

1 Overview

This chapter is about what was happening in New York after the fire.

Washington Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring Ch. 1

5 Comments:

- Asher Wright is a 83 year old guy

- Nathan Hale was the 6th child in his family

- Nathan Hale was of good and middling, and most respectable

- Nathan Hale's son John attended the newly founded Harvard College

- Nathan's mother died when he was 12 and the Strongs took his education in hand

4 Questions:

- What's a Yankee soldier?

- What does "Wright could add little more to his recollections - apart from one nugget." mean?

- Is Harvard College the samething as Harvard University?

- Was Elder John Strong a pilgrim? He landed in plymouth and immigrated from England

3 Vocabulary:

1. Laquacious - talking or tending to talk much or freely

2. Diminishing - to make smaller

3. Lucidity - easily understood

2 Literary Terms:

- "...He had a large mole on his neck...." - Imagery

- " in his boyhood, his playmates sometimes twitted him about it, telling him we would be hanged" - Flashback

1 Overview:

Chapter one is about Nathan Hale and his early childhood life.