Patrick+Henry-Sem2-Blk4

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Ten facts •His first speech was against the Stamp Act spoken to the legistlator of VA. •Two best known speaches of the Revoltuion but they were never printed or written down. •Patrick Henry became an outlaw in Virgina, after his first speech. •Elected as the first governor of Virgina and served five one-year terms (five years of being a governor). •Patrick Henry was a friend of Thomas Jefferson... •Because of Patrick's opinonated views he did not mean to purposely offend his friends, but he did. •He assisted in writing the VA constitution (founding father of Virgina and the United states!) •The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution through a movemnet that Patrick Henry created. •Virgina has a county named after him. •Patrick Henry studied law and won most cases. •He was elected to the VA House of Burgesses.

__Essential Questions__

1)Today, Henry is recognized as the Orator of liberty. What proof insures that? 2)Why did the state of Virginia outlaw Patrick Henry after his first speech? 3)Henry mentioned Julius Caesar and King Charles the First at the end of his first speech. They were both assassinated and executed for political reasons. Why do you think Patrick Henry brought them?

__Answers__ 1) He was the first to speak out against England's tacation. "...give me liberty or give me death." Aided in the adoption of the Bill of Rights. 2)Patrick Henry, being a powerful leader for liberty, was probably viewed as a threat to them. 3)Due to the fact that, Patrick also, was a controversial man in the world of politics he maybe thought he would be assassinated for his beliefs/actions.

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Vignery, Katie. "Patrick Henry." __Adventures in American Literature__. Athena ed. 1996.