2006-09-17 16:29:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
It means 87 years. A score refers to 20 years. So 4 scores and 7 is 87.
2006-09-17 16:34:05 · answer #1 · answered by #3ontheway! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln gave that address in 1863. A score is equal to 20. So it was something 4 times 20 then add 7 (87) years before 1863.
That was 1776, the year the American colonies started the revolution against Britain.
2006-09-17 16:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863: four score & seven years before that was 1776.
2006-09-17 16:42:39 · answer #3 · answered by roscoedeadbeat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Four score and seven years - that equals 87 years.
The Gettysburg address (from which this line came) was in 1863.
87 years before that was 1776.
What happened in 1776? The declaration of independence!
2006-09-17 16:38:19 · answer #4 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like above- 87 years ago, refferring to the time when our country was founded in 1776.
2006-09-17 16:38:54 · answer #5 · answered by fetchrat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is from the gettysburg address, by Lincoln. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth a new nation, dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.....
2006-09-17 16:34:36 · answer #6 · answered by thrill88 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it pertains to Abraham Lincoln's,the 16 prez of the U.S.A, Gettysburg address. google it
2006-09-17 16:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Mikey W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
70 years ago
2006-09-17 16:36:55 · answer #8 · answered by austinguy62 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋