What two historical facts does the author include in this
passage?
Grandfather banged his cane on the floor.
"I didn't run from the redcoats, and I won't run from a
dockside miasma. What is wrong with people, Andrew?
We suffered all kinds of disease in our youth, but folks
were sensible. They didn't squall like children and hide in
the woods."
Mr. Carris cleared his throat.
-Fever 1793,
Laurie Halse Anderson
During the Revolutionary War era, disease was
common in Philadelphia.
People believed miasmas were healthy and should
be part of a person's diet.
Grandfather was a general.
British soldiers were called redcoats during the
Revolution.
People often hid in the woods.