Voices of the Revolution

Leaders of the American Revolution 7 th Grade

National Leaders: Patrick Henry ,[object Object]

Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

What changes did Patrick Henry hope to achieve during the American Revolution?

National Leaders: Abigail Adams ,[object Object]

...I long to hear that you have declared an independence -- and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.

National Leaders: Benjamin Franklin ,[object Object]

National Leaders: George Washington ,[object Object],Though he disapproved of slavery and ultimately freed all his slaves in his will, he and his wife, Martha, owned more than 300 slaves. Nevertheless, he was a person whose personal attributes and life significantly shaped the United States of America and the world, and from whom people have much to learn.

“ Experience…is the best rule to walk by”. 1st president

[object Object],National Heroes: James Madison 4th president

[object Object],At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, James Madison proposed the plan to divide the central government into three branches. He discovered this model of government from the Perfect Governor, as he read Isaiah 33:22;

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