Hiawatha
Declaration of Independence
Speech in the Convention
Speech in the Virginia Convention
Join or Die
100

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker wanted the different Haudenosaunee nations to stop doing this to one another.

What is fighting/warfare?

100

This person wrote the main draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

Benjamin Franklin delivered this speech in support of signing this important document.

What is the United States Constitution?

100

This famous Virginian delivered the Speech in the Virginia Convention in March 1775.

Who is Patrick Henry?

100

Benjamin Franklin's famous “Join, or Die” cartoon depicts this animal divided into pieces. page 67 in text book. 

What is a snake?

200

Hiawatha helped establish this alliance of Native nations based on peace and cooperation.

What is the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois Confederacy)?

200

According to the Declaration, these three examples of unalienable rights belong to all people.

What are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?

200

Franklin admits that this document is not perfect, but he supports it because he believes a strong general government is this.

What is necessary?

200

Henry delivered his famous speech at this Richmond church.

What is St. John's Church? Henry delivered the speech there on March 23, 1775.

200

Each section of the snake represents one of these.

What are British American colonies/provinces?

300

A bundle of these objects was used to demonstrate that people are stronger when united than when divided.

What are arrows?

300

According to Jefferson, governments receive their legitimate power from this group.

Who are the governed/the people?

300

Franklin says that as he has grown older, he has become more willing to doubt his own ______.

What is judgment?

300

Henry frequently asks questions without expecting the audience to answer them. This persuasive technique is called this.

What is a rhetorical question?

300

The basic message of “Join, or Die” is that the colonies will be stronger if they do this.

What is unite/work together?

400

This symbol represents the peace created when the nations buried their weapons and joined together.

What is the Tree of Peace?

400

Jefferson includes a long list of complaints against King George III known by this term.

: What are grievances? The National Archives identifies 27 complaints in the Declaration's list of grievances.

400

Franklin asks delegates with objections to doubt their own infallibility. In this context, infallibility means believing you can never do this.

What is be wrong/make a mistake?

400

Henry argues that because peaceful efforts with Britain have repeatedly failed, Virginia must prepare for this.

What is armed resistance/defense? His speech helped move the Virginia Convention toward resolutions placing the colony in a state of defense.

400

Although Franklin originally published “Join, or Die” in 1754 in connection with the French and Indian War, it was later reused as a symbol supporting this cause.

What is colonial unity during the American Revolution?

500

Complete this central idea: Hiawatha's story suggests that a strong nation is created when separate groups overcome their differences through ______ and ______.

What are peace and unity/cooperation?

500

According to the Declaration, people have this right when a government becomes destructive of their rights.

What is the right to alter or abolish the government and establish a new government?

500

Franklin argues that delegates should set aside some individual disagreements and publicly support the Constitution. This larger principle is at the center of his argument.

What is compromise/unity? Franklin argued that public confidence and apparent unanimity would strengthen the new government.

500

Henry repeatedly refers to past British actions as evidence for what Britain will do next. This is an appeal primarily based on this rhetorical technique

What is logos/reasoning from evidence? Henry's argument explicitly points to experience as a guide for judging future British actions.

500

When analyzing a political cartoon, students should identify the symbols, determine what each represents, consider the intended audience, and determine this—the message the creator wants the audience to believe.

What is the central message/argument?