patrick henry

     

Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was a prominent figure in the American Revolution, known an remembered for his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech. Along with Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he was one of the most influential (and radical) advocates of the American Revolution and republicanism, especially in his denunciations of corruption in government officials and his defense of historic rights.

Trivia about patrick henry

  • Launched Sept. 27, 1941, the first of the Liberty Ships was named for this Revolutionary War figure
  • This "Liberty or Death" orator declined an offer to be U.S. minister to Spain
  • He gave his "Liberty or Death" speech in St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia
  • His "Liberty or Death" speech given March 23, 1775 is also known as the "Call to Arms"
  • He concluded a 1775 speech, "But as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
  • This "liberty or death" guy turned down an invite to be a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, saying he "smelt a rat"
  • This orator became governor of Virginia in 1776
  • Britain's Edmund Burke called for peace with the colonies the day before this man demanded liberty or death
  • Give me this man who was governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 & again from 1784 to 1786
  • In 1774 this orator told the first Continental Congress, "I am not a Virginian but an American"
  • At the 2nd meeting of the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, he did his "Give me liberty or give me death" bit
  • Thomas Solie's 1815 portrait of this orator is in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection
  • In speaking against the Stamp Act in May 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"
  • In a March 1775 speech he also said, is "peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
  • Born May 29, 1736, helped us get liberty, got death June 6, 1799
  • On May 29, 1765 this patriot made a speech attacking the Stamp Act in Virginia's House of Burgesses
  • In a speech against the Stamp Act in 1765, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"
  • The wife of this "Give me liberty or give me death" speechmaker was confined at home due to mental illness
  • Despite his big 1775 "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, this man was a wealthy colonial slave owner
  • Susan Olasky has written a kids' series about the adventures of Annie, daughter of this fiery Virginia orator
  • This Revolutionary hero said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"--as well as the liberty or death bit
  • In a 1775 speech, he asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
  • In 1795 this fiery orator turned down an offer to Secy. of State; he later declined the job of Chief Justice, too
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, VA.) Residents of Williamsburg's lavish Governor's Palace included this famous orator, the first governor of Virginia after independence
  • In 1776, 2 years after the House of Burgesses was dissolved, this orator became the state's first governor
  • On May 23, 1775 he said, "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace"
  • In 1765 this orator proclaimed that the House of Burgesses, not Britain, had the "exclusive right...to lay taxes"
  • He knew "not what course others may take", but his course was to serve as Virginia governor, 1776-79 & 1784-86
  • He was given liberty in 1776 & death on June 6, 1799
  • He said, "Caesar had.. .his Brutus--Charles I, his Cromwell, and George III may profit by their example"
  • This lawyer got liberty & death at Red Hill in Virginia on June 6, 1799
  • In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority
  • In 1775 he told the Virginia Convention, "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace! But there is no peace"
  • An American patriot:"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"
  • On March 23, 1775 this orator told the VA. Provincial Convention, "The war is inevitable -- and let it come!"
  • When the House of Burgesses was dissolved in 1774, this orator led delegates in meetings at the Raleigh Tavern

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