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The American Revolution, was the event, which President Lincoln refers to, in his Gettysburg Address, which took place in November 1863. The term "score" refers to a unit of twenty years; four score, is 4 20s or 80 years, and 7, is 87 years. 87 years, prior to 1863 (the year the Gettysburg Address, was given.), was 1776, the year of the American Revolution.
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Four score and seven year ago?
A score is 20 years. Four score is 80 years plus seven years is 87 years
When Lincoln mentioned a score of years he meant?
A score means twenty. Therefore, Lincoln's speech which said "four score and seven years ago" is referring to 87 years ago.
How many years ago is four score and seven years ago?
87
What significant event happened in America eighty- seven years before 1863?
The American Revolution, was the event, which President Lincoln refers to, in his Gettysburg Address, which took place in November 1863. The term "score" refers to a unit of twenty years; four score, is 4 20s or 80 years, and 7, is 87 years. 87 years, prior to 1863 (the year the Gettysburg Address, was given.), was 1776, the year of the American Revolution.
What does Lincoln refer to when he says four score and seven years?
1776
How much is four score and seven years ago?
87 years before written
How many years were in the Gettysburg address?
Four score and seven years. A score is twenty years. Four score and seven = 87 years.
Four score and seven year ago?
A score is 20 years. Four score is 80 years plus seven years is 87 years
What does score mean at the end of a number?
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
Why does Lincoln begin his eulogy to the soldiers buried at Gettysburg with a reference to four score and seven years ago what significant event happened in America 87 years before 1863?
The Declaration of Independence in 1776.
What is the word for twenty years?
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
What does fourscore and seven mean?
a score is twenty years, and fousr score and seven, means 87 years.
How many years is fore score and seven years?
87 A score is 20 years.
How many years are 'fourscore and seven'?
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
The value of a score as in four score and seven years ago?
20
How would you express 154 in terms of score 20 years?
Seven score and fourteen years.
