Patrick Henry delivered a speech on committing Virginian troops to the cause, while uttering his famous words, “give me liberty or give me death.” Like the aforementioned Thomas Paine, Henry, too, ascertained that reconciliation or appeasement was no longer a method that could be used. In his speech, he claims that “we have petitioned - we have remonstrated - we have supplicated…” and “shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer on the subject? Nothing.” Henry also boosts morale and ignites the beginning sparks of rebellion by establishing that the people would not be weak before the redcoats, if they used the millions of people they had in their arsenal. Henry also reassures the people by focusing on a “just God,” who would fight alongside
Patrick Henry delivered a speech on committing Virginian troops to the cause, while uttering his famous words, “give me liberty or give me death.” Like the aforementioned Thomas Paine, Henry, too, ascertained that reconciliation or appeasement was no longer a method that could be used. In his speech, he claims that “we have petitioned - we have remonstrated - we have supplicated…” and “shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer on the subject? Nothing.” Henry also boosts morale and ignites the beginning sparks of rebellion by establishing that the people would not be weak before the redcoats, if they used the millions of people they had in their arsenal. Henry also reassures the people by focusing on a “just God,” who would fight alongside