“During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!'”
- Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of [...], published by his family in 1838
Who is the most likely author of the writing above?
“During my last voyage to America, I enjoyed the happiness of seeing that revolution completed, and, thinking of the one that would probably occur in France, I said in a speech to Congress, published everywhere except in the 'French Gazette,' 'May this revolution serve as a lesson to oppressors and as an example to the oppressed!'”
- Memoirs, Correspondence, and Manuscripts of [...], published by his family in 1838
Who is the most likely author of the writing above?
Thomas Jefferson
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Benjamin Franklin