Shaping the World: Conversations on Democracy
Lesson Plans and Supporting Material

Section II
The Marquis de Lafayette, Fighting for American Independence


Occupations of Men Who Fought in the American Revolution:

Farmer/Laborer use of heavy equipment, manage wagons, horses, digging trenches/redoubts
Blacksmith make metal pieces for weapons, wagons, nails, tools, hinges
Printers  
Tailors  
Surveyors  
Carpenters  
Shipbuilders  
Furniture Makers/Builders  
Gunsmith  
Miller  
Shipwright  
Merchant  
Boatman  
Watchman  
Stonecutter  
Brickmason  
Housewright  
Physick (physician)  
Silversmith  

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