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What does gentlemen you must all hang together or else you shall hang separately mean?
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What did Benjamin Franklin mean when he said gentlemen we must hang together or else we shall hang separately?
He meant that unless the colonists who wanted independence worked for it together,or they would all be hanged as traitors by the British government if they did not work together.
What did benjanin Franklin mean when he said gentlemen you must all hang together or else you shall all hang separately?
What Benjamin Franklin meant by this statement was simply that the group he was addressing should stick/work together to have more efficiency in their work or they will most likely end up dead (by the implication of hanging separately , in jail, or in a bad situation.
Can i have more information on Benjamin Franklin's statement Gentlemen you must all hang together or else you shall hang separately?
I am not sure if that was the exact quotation. I'm pretty sure it was something like "we must all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." It was spoken in response to a comment by John Hancock at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, who said they must all hang together, stressing that there must be unanimity in support of independence. Franklin's quote was a play on those words, joking that if they did not hang together, they would be hanged separately for treason.
What did Benjamin Franklin mean when he said gentlemen we must all hang together or else we shall hang separately?
Because everyone who signed the declaration of independence, knew they would be hung if Great Britain won the revolutionary war.
Who said you must indeed all hang together or assuredly you shall all hang separately?
Benjamin Franklin's statement, "You must all hang together, or assuredly you shall all hang separately" was made at the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776 and meant that if they did not band together in the fight for independence, they would all be hanged separately for Treason by the British government.Most Americans were British. At the peak of the independence movement, only 1/3 of the British colonists favored the cause. Of the balance, half remained loyal and half never chose sides (which suggests they did not support the treason, so they too remained loyal).Initially, it was not a revolution. Rather, the initial goal was for colonial independence, not the overthrow of the national government of Great Britain. However, as things progressed, it evolved into a revolutionary war to reject the British Government and establish an entirely new and separate independent United States of America.
Who said you must all hang together or you shall all hang?
Benjamin Franklin http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/quote71.htm Benjamin Franklin said it. However the exact quote is "We must all hang together, gentlemen, else, we shall most assuredly hang separately." He said this at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
What did Benjamin Franklin mean when he said gentlemen we must all hang together or else you shall all hang separately?
He meant that unless the colonists who wanted independence worked for it together,or they would all be hanged as traitors by the British government if they did not work together.
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