THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Loyalist
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Red Coat
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Patriot
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Detailed explanation-1: -Text Description. This speech was given by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775, in response to interference of the Royal Navy brought in from the King’s appointed Governor, Lord Dunmore. Mr. Henry was requesting that it was time for the Virginia colony to raise a militia in order to defend their right to freedom.
Detailed explanation-2: -George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and five of the six other Virginians who would later sign the Declaration of Independence were in attendance that day. Historians say that Henry’s “Liberty or Death” speech helped convince those in attendance to begin preparing Virginia troops for war against Great Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry signaled the coming revolution when he spoke at a Virginia convention and allegedly implored: “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Detailed explanation-4: -Henry’s main point, though, is that if the colonies want liberty from Great Britain, they’re going to have to fight for it. They’ve tried and failed at every other means of gaining liberty, and British boots are on the ground.