In 1774 John Adams said, "I have passed" this Italian river; "swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country"
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Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1776, quoting Julius ...  View a 'Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1776, quoting Julius ... passed the Rubicon; swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country  that is my ... The decision to march his armies across the Rubicon River in Italy in 49 BC...
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RUBICON  E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM  Definition of Rubicon  A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to ... "In the lords," said he, "the phrase is, 'We have passed the Rubicon! ..... Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my .... I have passed the Rubicon. ... Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams - Sixth President of the...
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Flag Day: How Many Stars and Stripes in the First US Flag?  Jun 14, 2013 ... "I have passed the Rubicon, swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish, with my countrythat is my unalterable determination." John Adams.
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Abigail Smith to John Adams - MHS Digital Edition: Adams Papers  RC (Adams Papers); addressed: To John Adams Esqr. Boston. .... They say he is no more like a Man than he is like an Hog or an Horseswelled to three ...... No correspondence between JA and the Dillys earlier than 1774 survives in the ...... the Rubicon; swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, was my...
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Full text of "A selection of eulogies, pronounced in the several states ...  Say, men of the present age, ye lov- ers of liberty, ye shining lights from amid the ...... Witness the citizens of the noble democra- cies of modern Italy, who, less ...... Subjoined are the dates of the principal incidents in the lives of John Adams and ...... Ru- bicon swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, was my...
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John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776  sheet 18 of 53, September 1774 - May 1775 ... that the Massachusetts Delegates and especially John Adams, were Advocates ... Poison of Massachusettinsis: and the Battle of Lexington on the 19th of April, ... They on the Contrary convinced me that the Die was cast, the Rubicon passed, and as Lord Mansfield expressed it...
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jeopardy/23 at master  towski/jeopardy  GitHub  ... August 1, 1798 Admiral Nelson delivered a fatal blow to the French fleet near the Rosetta mouth of this river","category":"WORLD HISTORY","value":"$1200"...
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The Erie Canal Passed This Way | American History Lives at ...  His pet scheme was an incline plane, a waterway without locks, sloping gently ... The War of i8ia intervened, but in March of 1817 the New York legislature at last ... ground was broken on July 4, 1817, at Rome, at the head of the Mohawk.
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Julius Caesar - Wikiquote  Said when crossing the river Rubicon with his legions on 10 ... He [Caesar] declared in Greek with loud voice to those who were present 'Let the die be cast' and led the army across. He was ... The Greek translates rather as let the die be cast! ... which would instead translate in Latin as iacta alea est.
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The Concept of Water | Rupert Glasgow - Academia.edu  Only on one, Europa, which is believed to harbour a briny ocean a long way beneath .... for their forges, potteries, fulling mills and sawmills, for brewing and cooking, ...... famously lamented Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink, which ...... The river's stench was immortalized in Ben Jonson's poem The Voyage...
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Conflict and Revolution 1775-1776 - The History Place  At the North Bridge in Concord, a British platoon is attacked by militiamen, with 14 casualties. British forces then begin a long retreat from Lexington back to Boston and .... But at night, the Americans cross the East River in small boats and escape to ... December 11, 1776 - Washington takes his troops across the Delaware...
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Intolerable Acts | Boston Port Bill | Quebec Act | 1774  The die is now cast. The Colonies must either submit or triumph. ~ King George III. There was some ... Read the Intolerable Acts as they were written in 1774:...
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To pass over this river means to reach the promised land # Quiz ...  Jul 31, 2016 ... To pass over this river means to reach the promised land # Quiz # Question. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views. Videos Amazing Tube.
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Great River of the West | Discovering Lewis & Clark   Gray's Ship: The Columbia Rediviva ... Under the command of Captain Robert Gray the Columbia left Boston again on October 1, 1790, ... Resuming his pursuit of Indian trade in the spring, on May 11, 1792, Gray took the ... His entry in his log was terse: "we found this to be a large river of fresh water, up which we steered.
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Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech - History in the Headlines  Mar 22, 2015 ... On the anniversary of Patrick Henry's stirring words at the 1775 Virginia Convention, take a look back at the speech that included the famous line, Give me liberty or give me death! ... he asked. Have we shown ourselves so...
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Delivered by the Power of God: The American Revolution and ...  And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go ... Even after the storm subsided, large waves prevented any amphibious British assault from .... As British General Lord Cornwallis halted the night before he expected to .... That night, he attempted to escape across the York River by boat.
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The Works of John Adams, vol. 2 (Diary, Notes of Debates ...  Rose at half after four. ... Methinks I hear you say, This is odd talk for John Adams! ...... under the charter, after the battle of Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775.] ...... on the contrary, convinced me that the die was cast, the Rubicon passed, and,...
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George Washington, last words, 14 December 1799.: It is well, I die ...  Explore all famous quotations and sayings by George Washington, last words, 14 December 1799. on Quotes.net.
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