Civic Virtue

If you have civic virtue, then you put the common good above your own interest.

Think about people you know who display civic virtue and why.

Choose either Phillis Wheatley, Mercy Otis Warren, or Abigail Adams and one man from the following list

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Otis

• Samuel Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

• Joseph Warren

• John Hancock

Click on the following links to research the man you selected:

· http://www.americanrevolution.com/Biographies.htm

· http://www.historycentral.com/bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html

· http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/

Click on the following link to research Mercy Otis Warren:

http://www.americanrevolution.com/MercyOtisWarren.htm
http://www.historycentral.com/bio/RevoltBIOS/WarrenMercyOtis.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/mowarren.htm


Abigail Adams:

http://www.americanrevolution.com/AbigailAdams.htm
http://www.historycentral.com/bio/RevoltBIOS/AdamsAbigail.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/aadams.htm

Phillis Wheatley

http://www.historycentral.com/bio/RevoltBIOS/WheatleyPhillis.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/pwheatley.htm