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The Battles of Lexington and Concord take place
the Battle ends and the story begins. -
Sam Meeker comes home
Sam returns home and tells his family that he has enlisted in the army, Father is not happy about it. -
Brown Bess is stolen
Sam steals the Brown Bess from Father and takes it to war with him. -
Continental officers find Father and ask for his gun
The Continental officers find Father in the tavern asking if he had his gun, the Brown Bess, but Father had told them that Sam had taken it off to the war to play soldier boy. They did not believe him and he had been beaten up badly. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written and distributed throughout the colonies, and then they became free, independent states. -
Verplanck's Point
Father and Tim go to Verplanck's Point and face the harsh weather conditions there. -
Father and Tim discover the cow-boys
Father and Tim discover the cow-boys, which are men that steal cattle. When the cow-boys discover them, they want to kill them, until someone saved them from death. -
Cow-boys jumped Father
The same cow-boys that Father and Tim discovered earlier jumped Father. -
Father gets killled
Tim had found out that Father had gotten killed on a British ship. -
Sam gets framed when taking cattle
Sam takes the cattle from the cattle thieves, but is framed by crooks. -
Sam goes on trial
Sam goes on trial for stealing the cattle -
Sam is found guilty
Sam is found guilty during his time in trial and is going to be executed by gunshot. -
Mother and Tim move to Wilkes Barre
Mother and Tim move to Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania after Sam's execution because they would always have Sam on their minds if they stayed in Redding. -
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was a peace treaty that gave Americans independence. -
Tim commemorates Sam
Tim commemorates his brother's life and tells the story of Sam's bravery during the war.
