Which evidence in the passage supports the idea that
revolutionaries tricked a Bhish soldier
Clinton gave the silver ball to Daniel Taylor, a young
officer, promising that Taylor would be promoted if he
got the message to Burgoyne. If he were captured, he was
to swallow the bal. Because it was made of silver, it could
mot harm him.
Taylor had not gone far before several soldiers in red
uniforms stopped him. Believing he was in friendly
hands he said he had a message from "General Clinton."
But what he didn't know was that the smiling soldiers
were Americans wearing uniforms swiped from a British
Shin They took Taylor to a "General Clinton" whe
happened to be an American general named George
They took the soldier to an American General
Clinton instead of the British General Clinton
They stopped Taylor along his route to Burgoyne.
Red uniforms were easy to come by for the
American soldiers
Taylor decided to deliver the message even though
doing so would be dangerous.
George Wastongton, Seymaster,