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Give Me Libery or Give Me Death Rhetoric

Patrick Henry uses rhetoric when comparing the colonists as slaves being treated poorly by the British. In his statement he says "They are sent over to bind and rivet upon those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging" He also us...More

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- Daniel Urena Del Rio
- Mickayla Blake Mickaykay
- Andres Chavez .
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Olive Branch Petition

In the Olive Branch Petition, the author uses very formal lanuage to show that the colonist wanted peace from the king and not the british. A quotation would be "the most glorious and advantagious that ever had been carried on my British arms...exer...More

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Purpose of the Olive Branch Petition

The purpose of the Olive Branch Petition was to declare of the rights of the colonists while maintaining loyalty to the British. King George refused to read the Olive Branch Petition but then decided to reject the petition. Common Sense was to be th...More

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Cause of the Revolutionary war

The Colonists were very concerned about one cause from the revolutionary war called The Boston Massacre, which was when a snowball fight between bostonians and british turned into an armed battle. This fight caused many people to be injured and 5 we...More

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Response to Prompt: Why colonists were concerned about a particular issue? and how do you think the new government would address it?

The intolerable act was about the set of laws that the British Parliament had put on to Massachusetts as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists were concerned about this issue because they felt as though this was a complete threat to t...More