About Thoreau
Where was Henry Thoreau born?
What is Concord, Massachusetts?
"Unjust laws exist: shall we content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?"
What is a Rhetorical Question?
What was the war that influenced the making of "Civil Disobedience"
What was The Mexican American War?
Where did Thoreau study for college?
What is Harvard University?
The phrase "Quietly declare war" is a...
What is a paradox?
What popular movement was Thoreau known for participating in?
What was the Transcendentalist Movement?
What is another famous writing Thoreau is known for?
What is "Walden"
"Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure."
What is a Historical allusion?
How did Thoreau end up spending a night in jail?
What is refusing to pay taxes in protest to the war and the expansion of slavery?
What year did Thoreau pass away in?
What is, 1862?
"To rule is not because they are most likely to be in the right, nor because this seems fairest to the minority, but because they are physically the strongest."
What is logos?
What was the exact date the Mexican American war started?
What was April 25th, 1846?
What was Thoreau's profession before becoming a famous author?
What is a teacher, a pencil maker, and a land surveyor?
"I have never declined paying the highway tax, because I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject."
What is antithesis or parallelism?
What sparked the Mexican-American War? (Detail)
What was the American expansion, and its immediate cause was a disputed boundary on the Nueces Strip?