When you think of the Revolutionary War, you think of American colonists battling British solders. You think of people such as George Washington and Samuel Adams. You usually don t think of codes, ciphers and secret messages. Well, that's what my report is on. But, before I go into the secret messages of the Revolutionary War, I ll give you some information on codes, ciphers and secret messages in general.
Codes are messages in which words are represented by letters, words, numbers or symbols.
They require at least two code books for encoding and decoding. The advantage is they are almost impossible to break. The disadvantage is the are hard to encode and decode. Ciphers are messages in which letters are represented by letters, words, numbers or symbols. They require knowledge of what cipher was used to decipher.