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it was said he could move his listeners to anger, fears or laughter more easily than the most talented actor
patrick henry
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considered the
most powerful speaker in the revolution
patrick henry
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openly opposed the stamp act
patrick henry
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his powerful speech to the Virginia convention was the first step to feed the revolutionary spirit and led to the signing of the declaration of independence .
patrick henry
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he could have been executed. "the king could profit from their examples"
patrick henry
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govenor of virginia
patrick henry
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member of the Virginia general assembly
patrick henry
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35th president (youngest president)
john Kennedy
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While being president the first communication satellite was launched
john kennedy
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he signed the nonproliferation treaty with the soviet union
john kennedy
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while being president he fought with cuba (nuclear weapons)
john kennedy
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Put the first astronaut in orbit
john kennedy
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served 2 years and 2 months
john kennedy
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"ask not what your country can do, ask what you can do for your country"
john kennedy
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john adam's wife
abigail smith adams
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wrote " a letter to her daughter from the new white house"
abigail smith adams
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abigail adams was what?
she was a wife, mother, writer, first lady, revolutionary, and a women's right's pioneer.
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abigail adams was mother of who?
john quincy adams
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when abigail adams was separated from her husband for 10 years.....
she wrote 100s fo letters to her husband and relatives
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considered a spy on behave of america
abigail adams
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she opposed slavery
abigail adams
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she and her husband were the first to live in the white house
john and Abigail adams
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wrote "letters from an american farmer"
Jean de crevecoeur
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French aristocrat who chronicled his experiences as a European emigrant in american
jean de crevecoeur
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first person to compare america to a melting pot.
jean de crevecoeur
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in ___ sailed to london and 2 years later punished "letters from an american farmer"
1780. jean de crevecouer
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what happened when jean crevecoeur talked up america in his "letters"
george washington said "rather too flattering" and it could attract non hard workers to america and Benjamin franklin also opposed his writing
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what happened when jean de crevecoeur from france in 1783?
his farm was burned down, his wife killed, and his children with foster parents.
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when the the revolutionary war began in france he went to France then to Normandy.
jean de crevecoeur
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wrote the auto biography on Malcom X
Alex harley
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what is harley alex's greatest book?
Roots; saga of an american family. which he got 271 awards for in 2 years. and the tv show had 130 million view on the first episode.
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first director of education
noah webster
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wrote blue backspeller
noah webster
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washington seeked him for advise on education
noah webster
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most read book in the reolutionary time after the bible
blue backspeller(by noah webster)
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developed a dictionary, with words like apple souce and squash. and how long did it take him to make it
noah webster. 30 years
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"as an independent nation, lour honor requires us to have a system of our own in a language and government, great Britain whose children we are and whose language we speak should no longer be our stand"
noah webster
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wrote "autobiography of benjamin frankin"
benjamin franklin
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wrote "speech in the convention"
Benjamin franklin
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wrote "poor Richards almanac"
benjamin franklin
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only american to sign all 4 documents that establish this nation. which are?
benjamin frankin. the constitution, declaration of independence, treaty of alliance with france, and peace treaty with England
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received lit, science, philosophy, journalism, and diplomacy awards.
benjamin franklin
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wrote in pseudonyms. which were?
benjamin franklin. silence dogood and Richard saunders in his wife Bridget
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home spun sayings
aphrisms
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"3 may keep a secret if 2 are dead"
benjamin franklin- aphorisms
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what did benjamin franklin invent?
lighting rod, byfocals, new type of stove, confirmed the laws of electricity, contributed to the understanding of earthquakes and ocean currrent but best remembered for his politics
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helped write the declaration of independence with thomas jefferson
benjamin franklin
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enlisted help from the french support during the rev war
benjamin franklin
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negotiated the peace treaty with england
benjamin franklin
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embassador to england and france
benjamin franklin
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his autobiography in 1771, 13 vertues have become a model to everyone else
benjamin franklin
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the time is near at hand... americans be free or slaves.. conquer or die"
george washington
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"we hold these thruths to be.."
thomas jefferson
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our nations first secretary of state, 2nd vice president and 3rd president
thomas jefferson
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founded the university of virginia
thomas jefferson
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established the public education system
thomas jeffeson
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authorized the purchase of Louisiana territory and doubled the size of the US
thomas jefferson
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attended the william and mary college with patrick henry
thomas jefferson
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designed the decimal system and his home
thomas jefferson
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what did thomas paine write
the crisis and common sense
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very blunt, said things that people were to afraid to say outloud
thomas paine
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'if there must be trouble, let it be in my day, so that my child may have peace"
thomas paine
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poet at the time when she shouldnt have been one. she wrote "to his excellency, george washington"
phillis wheatley
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she wrote" a hymn to the evening"
phillis wheatley
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published " poems on various subjects; religious and morals"
phillis wheatley
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baptist minister and civil rights leader
martin luther king
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followed gandy's teachings "non violence prostest"
martin luther king
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how did martin Luther king protest segregation
led boycots, sitins, and marches
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became a national leader when he organized the "organized march in Washington"
martin luther king
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