Speech at the Virginia Convention
Historical Events
Vocabulary
Authors
Literary Information
100
Writer of Speech at the Virginia Convention.
Who is Patrick Henry?
100
Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th 1776
What is The Declaration of Independence?
100
Decietful ; treacherous
What is the word "insidious?"
100
Main person who helped write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Time period of rationalism
What is 1750-1800's?
200
Famous line in the speech
What is "Give me liberty or give me death!"
200
Elected as the first president of the United States in 1787
Who is George Washington?
200
Alert to danger
What is the word "vigilant?"
200
Published the first political cartoons
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
Letters written from one person to another, not for public
What is a private letter?
300
Date the speech was given
What is March 23, 1775
300
Took place between 1775 and 1783 between America and Britain
What is the Revolutionary War?
300
Difficult
What is the word "arduous?"
300
Wrote literary works such as Common Sense, The American Crisis, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason.
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
Using logic to get the point across
What is logical reasoning?
400
The sides turned in this House after hearing the Speech.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
400
Was forced to surrender by George Washington
Who is General Cornwallis?
400
Lying on the back or having the face upward.
What is the word "supinely?"
400
Bought the Pennsylvania Gazette
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
3 out of the 6 Themes
What is Law, Order, Reason, Science, Self-Knowledge, or Self-Control
500
Church the speech was given
What is St. John's Church?
500
Written between May 25th and September 17th, 1787 ; Still used by the Supreme Law of America.
What is the Constitution?
500
The act of conquering
What is the word "subjugation?"
500
Proposed to have a organized infantry in every colony
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
A public letter from a leader to a group of people
What is an epistle?
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