Class Year
2023
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Fall 2019
Department 1
Mathematics
Abstract
This paper analyzes how the use of various cryptographic and cryptanalytic techniques affected the American Revolution. By examining specific instances of and each country's general approaches to cryptography and cryptanalysis, it is determined that America's use of these techniques provided the rising nation with a critical advantage over Great Britain that assisted in its victory.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Minzer, Abigail N., "Secrecy in the American Revolution" (2019). Student Publications. 770.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/770
Comments
Written for FYS 164-2: Cryptography: the Science of Secrecy.