◼︎ Chapter 32 / Chapter XXXII

  1. The fire started in a groggery. What is a groggery?

    • Google: groggery definition kids

  2. Why might the rebels want New York “burned to the ground”?

  3. The British are looking for arsonists

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    • What is an arsonist?

  4. The British soldiers were called Red Coats or “lobsterbacks.”

    • Look at the photos below.

    • Explain why British soldiers were called “lobsterbacks.”

  5. Isabel says, “I coughed up mouthfuls of soot for days.”

    • How can this be?

  6. Isabel says, “My eyes were crusted with embers.”

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    • What is an ember?

  7. Why did Lady Seymour find it difficult to speak?

  8. Who is Sarah?

  9. Isabel mentions “the night of the first frost.”

    • What is frost?

A+ BONUS: Watch the video about frost formation below.

  • Explain, in your own words, how frost forms.

• Print of 1770s bar (groggery).

Colonial-era New York supported lots of bars. One was the Bull’s Head Tavern, built around 1760 near Canal Street and the Bowery—at the time, the outskirts of the city.

It was a rough-and-tumble place that catered to the livestock industry nearby: butchers, cattle men, and drovers (the guys who marched animals down to this district of stockyards and slaughterhouses).

• British soldiers were called Red Coats or, sometimes, “lobsterbacks.”