Chapter 3 Declaration of Independence Test Prep

What was the purpose of Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention

• to convince the colonists to go

  to war with Britain rather than continue to

  negotiate

• to prevent the colonists to go

  to war with Britain rather than continue to

  negotiate

• to convince the colonists to accept the King's taxes.

Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention was a Primary Source or a Secondary Source?

• Primary

• Secondary

What was a famous quote from Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention?

• Let them eat Ice Cream

• Give me liberty or give me death!

• Grant me a pardon Mr. President

What were the main points to Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention?

• What, in the past actions of the

  British, should make the colonists

  believe the British will treat them

  better in the future?

• The colonists have tried to

  communicate their needs to the

  British in many ways

• Compared British rule to slavery

• All choices were the main points.

Who wrote The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Tom Clancy

• JRR Tolkien

What was the purpose of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?

• to dispel the myth that Paul Revere fell off his horse.

• to stir feelings of patriotism

  amongst Americans just before the Civil

  War

• to make a lot of money on the book tour

Was The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere a Primary or secondary source?

• Primary

• Secondary

What was the important point of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?

• Longfellow’s poem tells the events of Revere’s ride in spirit, but there

  are several parts that are

  inaccurate

• Longfellow wanted everyone to know that it was Midnight

• Longfellow wanted to dream of simpler times.

What was a famous quote from The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?

• One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be,

• The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

• The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Who wrote The Olive Branch Petition?

• John Dickinson/Second

  Continental Congress

• John Henry

• Johnny Appleseed