Immortal Phrases From the Birth of a Nation | New England’s Gifts
How many of these immortal phrases do you recognize? “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” —James Otis (1725–83) Colonial lawyer and member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly “What a glorious morning is this!” —Sam Adams (1722–1803) One of the “Founding Fathers” of the Revolution, upon hearing the sound of musket fire at Lexington, Massachusetts, April […]
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How many of these immortal phrases do you recognize?
James Otis Photo Credit : De Agostini Picture Library/Bridgeman Images“Taxation without representation is tyranny.”
—James Otis (1725–83)
Colonial lawyer and member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly
Sam Adams Photo Credit : Private Collection Ken Welsh/Bridgeman Images“What a glorious morning is this!”
—Sam Adams (1722–1803)
One of the “Founding Fathers” of the Revolution, upon hearing the sound of musket fire at Lexington, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775
William Prescott Photo Credit : Private Collection Peter NewarkPictures/Bridgeman Images“Don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
—William Prescott (1726–95)
Commander of American troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill
John Stark Photo Credit : Private Collection Ken Welsh/Bridgeman Images“Tonight the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!”
—John Stark (1728—1822)
Commander of New Hampshire troops at the Battle of Bennington
Nathan Hale Photo Credit : Private Collection Peter NewarkPictures/Bridgeman Images“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
—Nathan Hale (1755–76)
A young Connecticut schoolteacher turned soldier, executed by the British for spying on September 22, 1776
