In addition to Patrick Henry, this author also served as Governor of Virginia.
Who is THOMAS JEFFERSON?
100
It is the pseudonym under which Benjamin Franklin submits essays for his brother James' newspaper, "The New England Courant."
What is SILENCE DOGOOD?
100
A question that is asked to make a point because the answer is already clear is called this.
What is a RHETORICAL QUESTION?
100
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What is JOHN ADAMS?
200
This law was enacted to help pay the costs of the French and Indian War.
What is THE STAMP ACT?
200
This author wrote many letters to her husband advocating independence and women's rights.
Who is ABIGAIL ADAMS?
200
It is the famous concluding sentence in Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention."
What is GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH?
200
This is a story about a person's life as told by that same person.
What is an AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
200
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What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
300
This set of repressive laws in Massachusetts came on the heels of the Boston Tea Party.
What is THE INTOLERABLE ACTS?
300
This author came to the colonies as a captive aboard a slave ship.
Who is PHILLIS WHEATLEY?
300
The second part of the Declaration of Independence provides a list of these.
What are GRIEVANCES?
300
This is a rhetorical technique in which a writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form.
What is PARALLELISM?
300
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What is LIBERTY OR DEATH?
400
This ethic, allowing individuals to make a personal profit in their businesses, gradually replaced the Puritan Ethic.
What is CAPITALIST ETHIC?
400
This author used a neoclassical style modeled after the works of Joseph Addison.
Who is BENJAMIN FRANKLIN?
400
A statement condemning this practice was eventually deleted from The Declaration of Independence prior to its ratification by the Continental Congress.
What is SLAVERY?
400
It is the literary technique used by Patrick Henry in his quote, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."
What is METAPHOR?
400
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What is WOMEN'S RIGHTS?
500
The idea that governments are formed as social contracts made by people to benefit both the people and the government is primarily credited to this author of "The Social Contract."
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
500
This author was chiefly responsible for drafting The Bill of Rights.
Who is PATRICK HENRY?
500
According to Abigail Adams, this is "a secondary god and the first and greatest parent."
What is one's COUNTRY.
500
This is the term for a witty saying, such as Poor Richard's "A penny saved is a penny earned."