Friday Fun: Scattered Historic Slogans

Found in the ephemera of my daughter's constant doodling, here is a curious list of scattered historic statements and slogans. I thought some of them were random ideas without historical significance, but, as she so gleefully explained, I was wrong.

Your task is to put them in chronological order - bonus points for telling me the historic significance of each.


For those of you not fluent in reading my homeschooler's lamentable handwriting, here is the list:

Eureka!
No taxation without representation
Let them eat cake!
Et tu, Brute?
Liberty or death!
Blood and iron
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Know thyself
HA. H and A spells "HA."
Thus, with a kiss, I die.
They ride on sticks!
The die is cast.

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HaynesBE said…
here's what I got off the top of my head:
Eureka! –Archimedes
Know thyself – Socrates
Et tu, Brute? – Ides of March, Julius Ceasar
Liberty or death! – Patrick Henry 177?
No taxation without representation – Am Revolution 1776
Let them eat cake! –Marie Antoinette Fr. Revolution -1789 ?
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity – French Revolution 1789
Blood and iron – Bismark

No idea on these:
HA. H and A spells "HA."
Thus, with a kiss, I die. Romeo and Juliet?
They ride on sticks!
The die is cast.
February 25, 2011 at 9:35 PM
Lynne said…
Very good! Thanks for playing.

Alea jacta est (The die is cast) When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in pursuit of Pompeii ~49

The others are tentatively historically significant.

HA!- I'm told that an embroidered symbol for Henry and Anne (intertwined H and A) became the symbol for ridicule of their marriage HA! ~1533

Romeo and Juliet line included to have something from the Elizabethan period. ~1580s

They ride on sticks! Referring to some of the wild accusations of the bored little girls in Salem, sparking the Witchcraft trials. ~1690s

Her mind works in mysterious ways.
February 26, 2011 at 9:09 AM
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