My Brother Sam Is Dead- Quotes

sam's position in the army

Governor's second foot guard under captain Benedict arnold

by that I suppose you mean the soldiers of your king

Life

where does sam plan to go with the brown bess

Massachusetts

I think men of common sense will prevail, Nobody wants rebellion except the hotheads.

Mr. Beach

"Sir, it's worth dying to be free."

Sam

we've beaten the British is massachusetts

Sam

well, the beginning was when the lobsterbacks

Sam

Where has Life fought before

Siege of louisbourg during French and indian war

where will sam run if the fighting gets bad enough

Warrups

that's rebellion, they'll have us in war yet

farmer

I WILL NOT HAVE TREASON SPOKEN IN MY HOUSE, SAM

life

Free? Free to do what, sam? free to __________________, to ___________________, to ___________________

mock your king, shoot your neighbor, make a mess of a thousand lives

A month later everybody's forgotten it- except the wives and children of the men who've managed to get themselves killed (FORESHADOWS life and sam deaths)

mr. beach

I don't think the people of Redding are anxious to fight, sam

mr. beach

what is important in the Meeker family

religion

Why should they get rich off our taxes back in England?

sam

that's not what they say in new haven, sir, they say that the whole colony of Massachusetts is ready to fight and if Massachusetts fights, Connecticut will fight too

sam

where did life take the gun with him

to Verplancks point to sell cattle and buy supplies for the store

why does sam fight

to keep his country free