USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

SHAYS REBELLION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants”?
A
Abigail Adams
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
George Washington
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The title is a reference to Thomas Jefferson’s quotation, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” The idea began in 2003 as “The Cuba Project", which was to include classic protest and folk songs recorded in Cuba.

Detailed explanation-2: -"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. . . .” “it is the great parent of science & of virtue: and that a nation will be great in both, always in proportion as it is free."

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution Thomas Jefferson said ‘The God, who gave us life, gave us the liberty at the same time’. He was one of the founding fathers of the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Commenting on the continuing revolutions in Holland and France, retired Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson predicted: “this ball of liberty, I believe most piously, is now so well in motion that it will roll round the globe, at least the enlightened part of it, for light & liberty go together.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thomas Jefferson did not directly support Shays’ Rebellion, but believed that such domestic disturbances were natural, probably inevitable, and perhaps even beneficial. Jefferson was in Paris during the rebellion, and his knowledge of the Rebellion came from his friend, James Madison.

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