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What is the author's purpose in Patrick Henry's speech?
To show the colonists that war with Britain was their only option. Apex
What is one strategy both Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine use in their works?
-The argument that the colonists have tried to peacefully plead with Britain. -Figurative Language
What is one strategy both Patrick Henry and thomas Paine use in their words?
-The argument that the colonists have tried to peacefully plead with Britain. -Figurative Language
What was the purpose of Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention?
to convince delegates to war from the coming British attack.
How did Virginia lawyer and politician Patrick Henry contribute to the American Revolution?
Virginia lawyer and politician Patrick Henry lived at the height of tensions between Britain and the American Colonists. He was vocally opposed to the Stamp and Townshend Acts and the other long list of taxes Britain imposed on its people in the New World. In 1775, Henry gave his famous speech "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" to the Virginia Assembly. However, Patrick Henry did not write out his speech, and no one wrote out his words as he spoke, so all we have today is the oral remembrances of what he said, such as what Henry's first biographer, William Wirt of Maryland, wrote out later.
Who inspired the colonists to break from great Britain?
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry called upon colonists to unite with whom against Great Britain?
Spain
What is the author's purpose in Patrick Henry's speech?
To show the colonists that war with Britain was their only option. Apex
What accounted for part of American colonists' anger towards Britain prior to the American Revolution?
The British had imposed a number of taxes upon the American colonists without allowing them to be represented in British parliament, and therefore having no say in the matter. As Patrick Henry put it, "No taxation without representation!"
At the First Continental Congress colonists such as Samuel Adams and were willing to go to war with Great Britain though most colonists hoped that war could be avoided?
Patrick Henry.
At the First Continental Congress colonists such as Samuel Adams and were willing to go to war with Great Britain though most colonists hoped that war could be avoided.?
Patrick Henry.
According to Patrick Henry what should the colonists expect from great Britain if they o not join the fight for independence?
They would not gain freedom
What is one strategy both Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine use in their works?
-The argument that the colonists have tried to peacefully plead with Britain. -Figurative Language
What is one strategy both Patrick Henry and thomas Paine use in their words?
-The argument that the colonists have tried to peacefully plead with Britain. -Figurative Language
What was the purpose of Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention?
to convince delegates to war from the coming British attack.
How did Virginia lawyer and politician Patrick Henry contribute to the American Revolution?
Virginia lawyer and politician Patrick Henry lived at the height of tensions between Britain and the American Colonists. He was vocally opposed to the Stamp and Townshend Acts and the other long list of taxes Britain imposed on its people in the New World. In 1775, Henry gave his famous speech "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" to the Virginia Assembly. However, Patrick Henry did not write out his speech, and no one wrote out his words as he spoke, so all we have today is the oral remembrances of what he said, such as what Henry's first biographer, William Wirt of Maryland, wrote out later.
What does Give me liberty of give me death stand for?
Patrick Henry's quotation indicated the level of resolve that the American colonists had in their desire for independence. Many colonists were willing to fight, and many did die, in pursuit of their freedom.
