Patrick Henry's Speech
The main idea of Patrick Henry's speech
What is fight / prepare to defend themselves against the British
the main idea of the DoI; its purpose
to declare that the people are no longer the Colonies of Britain but are a separate country: the United States of America
The person Abigail Adams wrote her letter to
What is her husband/John Adams
Word (or a variant) that Wheatley uses to describe the unfair oppression of the Colonies by the British
"Tyranny" "tyrannic"
(a variant is acceptable)
The title of Unit 2
What is Building a Democracy
The year Patrick Henry gave his speech to the Va. Convention
What is 1775
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776
The word (or one of its variants) that Adams uses in reference to men
"tyrants"
On what continent was Wheatley born?
Africa
The main century of the Unit 2 texts
18th century / 1700s
Fill in:
"give me ______________ , or give me __________!"
liberty ... death
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
What Adams requests husband John and the other founders to do when they form laws for the new government
include women's rights
"Remember the Ladies"
What does Wheatley say "mercy" did for her?
brought her to America to be introduced to Christianity
Three variants of the "t-word" found in our texts from this unit
any three: tyrant, tyrants, tyranny, tyrannical
Cumulative significance of the repeated use of words beginning with "sub" or "sup"
Suggests the Colonial leaders are being lowered in importance and power under the British
The two most commonly repeated words at the beginning of the accusation paragraphs (a pronoun and a helping/auxiliary verb)
He has
Topic of the questions Adams asks her husband at the beginning of the letter
military/politics
The reason Wheatley gives for why she cares about the freedom of the Colonists
(per. 7 - handout we didn't get to on Wednesday)
Due to being kidnapped and enslaved, she knows the pain caused by lack of freedom
The two topics listed in the Voices of the People section in the intro to Unit 2
slavery and women's rights
One of the allusions Henry made in his speech
(explained to the judge's satisfaction)
siren song, turned to beasts - from Odyssey
or betrayed with a kiss (Judas, Jesus - Bible)
Fill in:
"We hold these __________ to be _______________: -- That all men are created ___________"
truths ... self-evident ... equal
March 31, 1776
What Wheatley tells Christians at the end of "On Being Brought from Africa to America"
Black people can be saved through religion
(spiritual equality)
The term for the philosophy that influenced some of the founders (or the term for the movement of the era)
Rationalism
(The Enlightenment)