USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Patrick Henry, (born May 29 [May 18, Old Style], 1736, Studley [Virginia]-died June 6, 1799, Red Hill, near Brookneal, Virginia, U.S.), brilliant orator and a major figure of the American Revolution, perhaps best known for his words “Give me liberty or give me death !” which he delivered in 1775.

Detailed explanation-2: -On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, introduced this resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the American colonies. In the early 1770s, more and more colonists became convinced that the British Parliament intended to take away their freedom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Henry was a delegate to the First Continental Congress Henry was a Virginia delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. At the Virginia Convention in 1775, he sponsored measures for armed resistance to the British by the Virginia militia.

Detailed explanation-4: -On this date, Patrick Henry, a Virginia Continental Congress delegate and a renowned skeptic of centralized government, died at his Red Hill home near Brookneal in the Old Dominion. Henry was a self-taught lawyer with a gift for oratory.

Detailed explanation-5: -On the anniversary of Patrick Henry’s stirring words at the 1775 Virginia Convention, take a look back at the speech that included the famous line, “Give me liberty or give me death!” Revolution was in the air in early 1775.