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we have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves..... example of? |
parallelism |
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who was the most persuasive writerw |
the most persuasive writer |
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where was paine born |
england |
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poorly educated |
thomas |
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why was Paine dismissed from his job as a tax collector |
he attempted to organize the employees in a demand for higher wages |
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why did paine come to america |
to make a new start |
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who helped Paine get a job as a journalist when he came to america? |
Ben franklin |
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why was paine imprisoned |
for being a citizen of an enemy nation (england) |
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who joined the Continental army? |
thomas paine |
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what was the purpose of "the american crisis" |
commenting on the war to urge americans not to give up on the fight |
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what is paine trying to say through tory tavern keeper |
that a parent should say let's fight this battle now so my kid doesnt have to |
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how and why did america err at the beginning of the war |
how: did not create an organized army why: they didn't know what they were up against |
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what varities of evils do the colonies have to choose from if they give up? |
a ravaged country a depopulated city habitations w/o safety slavery w/o hope |
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when did patrick give the speech against the stamp act |
1765 |
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stamp act |
british put taxes on all newspapers and public documents |
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what was patrick henry recognized as |
one of the most persuasive figures in Virginia politics |
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patrick gave the give me liberty or give me death speech when? |
1775 |
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what did the house of burgesses do in order to make a decision about the reliving of the colonies to their tax burden |
held a convention |
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what was one of the conditions under which the British crown agreed to relieve the colonies of their tax burden |
colonists fully support British rule and contribute towards the maintenance of British troops in america |
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what famous people were present at the conventions |
thomas jefferson and george washington |
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who wrote the crisis |
thomas paine |
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who wrote the speech to virginia convention |
patrick henry |
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aphorism |
a statement that expresses a wise general observaion or truth |
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better to have too much force than too little,when so great an object is at risk aphorism? |
yes |
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not a man on this continent but fully believes that a seperation must... finally take place aphorism? |
no |
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alludion |
a refrence to something or someone that people are familiar with |
