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spend or use wastefully
squander
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eating very little or nothing
fasting
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hateful;destable
loathsome
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likely to cause disease
pestilential
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plentiful; abundant
copious
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not to be taken away
unalienable
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unlawful seizures of rights or privileges
usurpations
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betrayal of trust
perfidy
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compensation for a wrong done
redress
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ability to rise above pettiness or meanness
magnanimity
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agree without protest
acquiesce
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lacking reverence for God
impious
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person who holds no religious belief
infidel
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tranquil; calm; quiet
placid
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a rod or staff held by rulers as a symbol of sovereignty
scepter
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radiant; shining
refulgent
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favorably inclined or disposed
propitious
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thinking deeply or seriously
pensive
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deceitful; treacherous
insidious
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the act of conquering
subjugation
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inability to be wrong; reliability
infallibility
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absolute rule; tyranny
despotism
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beneficial; promoting a good purpose
salutary
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complete agreement
uniamity
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all succeeding generations
posterity
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evident; obvious; clear
manifest
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lack of money, property, or necessities
penury
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harsh; cruel; unjust
despotic
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means of support
subsistence
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Most powerful speaker
Patrick Henry
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Only American to sign all 4 documents:
-Declaration of Independence
-Constitution
-Treaty of Alliance with France
-Peace Treaty with England
Ben Franklin
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Signed Declaration of Independence
Ben Franklin
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Invented bifocals, new stove, and lightening rod
Ben Franklin
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Worked in Printing Press with brother until retirement at the age of 42
Ben Franklin
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Pen name:
-Silence Dogood
-Richard Saunders
Ben Franklin
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Founded Univ. of Pennslyvania and American Philosopical Society
Ben Franklin
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Created 1st fire departments
Ben Franklin
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Grew up in poverty with no formal schooling
Ben Franklin
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Wrote Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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Had a home named Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
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Created Dumb Waiter and Perpetual Clock
Thomas Jefferson
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These 4 men helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence
- 1. Robert Livingston
- 2. Roger Sherman
- 3. John Adams
- 4. Ben Franklin
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Founded the Univ. of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
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Helped establish the public school system and created the decimal system for American money
Thomas Jefferson
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-Served as American minister to France
-Served as nation's 1st secretary of state
-Second vice president
- Third president
Thomas Jefferson
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Died on July 4th, 1826 along with longtime friend John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
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Authorized the Louisana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
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Slave for 10 years, then bought his freedom
Olaudah Equiano
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Son of an elder tribal leader
Olaudah Equiano
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Ship's captain bought him and renamed him Gustavus Vassa
Olaudah Equiano
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Originally for England
Thomas Paine
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Fought in American Army
Thomas Paine
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Wrote "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
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Read "Crisis No.1" to Washington's troops before deafeating the Hessians in New Jersey
Thomas Paine
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Published 1st poem at age 13, famous at age 17 with a poem about George Whitfield
Phillis Wheatley
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Taken into slavery at age 8
Phillis Wheatley
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Eventually earned freedom and lived a depressing life
Phillis Wheatley
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Liked to use personification
Phillis Wheatley
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"Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Patrick Henry
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What are the 4 requirements to a good speech?
- 1. Restatement
- 2. Repitition
- 3. Rhetorical Question
- 4. Parallelism
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Served as governor of Virginia and a member of the Virgina General Assembly along with the Virginia House of Burgesses
Patrick Henry
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Most influential woman of her time
Abigail Adams
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Never had formal schooling as a girl, but believed in woman's rights
Abigail Adams
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Compared America to a melting pot
Crevecoeur
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