"At dark the detachment [unit] was formed and advanced beyond the trenches and lay down on the ground to await the signal for advancing to the attack, which was to be three shells from a certain battery [cannons] near where we were lying. All the batteries in our line were silent, and we lay anxiously waiting for the signal.. I was ready to spring on my feet, thinking they were the signal for starting. Our watchword was "Rochambeau," the commander of the French forces' name, a good watchword, for being pronounced Ro-sham-bow, it sounded, when pronounced quick, like rush-on-boys."-Joseph Plumb Martin, 1830 What time period do you believe this primary source came from? O Colonial settling of the English Colonies O American Revolutionary War O French Revolution O American Civil War

"At dark the detachment [unit] was formed and advanced beyond the trenches and lay down on the ground to await the signal for advancing to the attack, which was to be three shells from a certain battery [cannons] near where we were lying. All the batteries in our line were silent, and we lay anxiously waiting for the signal.. I was ready to spring on my feet, thinking they were the signal for starting. Our watchword was "Rochambeau," the commander of the French forces' name, a good watchword, for being pronounced Ro-sham-bow, it sounded, when pronounced quick, like rush-on-boys."-Joseph Plumb Martin, 1830 What time period do you believe this primary source came from? O Colonial settling of the English Colonies O American Revolutionary War O French Revolution O American Civil War