Vocabulary
Oppressive power
What is Tyranny?
Benjamin Franklin worked and retired as what
What is a printer?
Author of The Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The beginning section of The Bill of Rights
What is the Preamble?
Reason why the Virginia Convention Speech was written and delivered
What is to encourage the colonist to fight against Britain for freedom?
Impossible to take away or give up
What is unalienable?
Who is Silence Dogood and Poor Richard?
Date of the Declaration of Independence
What is July 4, 1776?
Amount of amendments included in The Bill of Rights
What is ten amendments?
Author of the Speech in the Convention
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What is assent?
Benjamin Franklin's inventions
What are lightening rod, new stove, and bifocals?
Persuasive appeals used in The Declaration of Independence
What are Logos, Ethos, and Pathos?
The Bill of Rights uses the structure called enumeration. Define enumeration
What is a structure that gives major ideas listed in numerical order?
Audience of the Speech in the Convention
Who are the Constitutional Convention and representatives from 12 states?
What is rectitude?
Benjamin Franklin was best know for his _____
What is political career?
Jefferson's central idea of The Declaration of Independence
What is, it was time for the colonist to declare independence from Britain?
The two authors of The Bill of Rights
Who are Governor Morris and James Madison?
Author of the Virginia Convention
Who is Patrick Henry?
Accept something reluctantly but without protest
What is acquiesce?
Two documents Benjamin Franklin helped draft
What are The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution?
The Declaration of Independence is set up using an argumentative structure. What is the structure of an argument
What are Introduction of the claim, Presentation of counterclaim, restatement of claim, and conclusion?
The Bill of Rights explains what
What is the decisions approved by a governing body?
What is "Give me liberty, or give me death?"