Patrick Henry's Speech
"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!" - Colonial Williamsburg
Delegate Patrick Henry presented resolutions to raise and establish a militia, and to put Virginia in a posture of defense. Henry's opponents ...
Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death - Avalon Project
Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to ...
Patrick Henry's “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” Speech. 2:31 min. The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I ...
Give me liberty or give me death! - Wikipedia
"Give me liberty or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia ...
Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Speech | HISTORY
Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? ... Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains ...
Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - YouTube
With the country on the brink of war, lawyer and patriot Patrick Henry delivers a speech on the rights of the colonies before the Second ...
On this day, Patrick Henry's most-famous quote | Constitution Center
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry signaled the coming revolution when he spoke at a Virginia convention and allegedly implored: “Give me ...
Patrick Henry | American Battlefield Trust
Henry's defining moment came in the Second Virginia Convention—when he delivered his now famous “Give me Liberty or give me death!” speech. Many future patriots ...
Patrick Henry's Resolutions Against the Stamp Act
Although celebrated for his “Liberty or Death” speech at St. John's Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry probably regarded his Stamp Act ...
Liberty or Death: Patrick Henry's Speech | PBS LearningMedia
Patrick Henry's impassioned plea at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775, "Give me liberty or give me death," defined the American ...
240th Anniversary of Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Speech
On March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry delivered his Liberty or Death speech at the 2nd Virginia ...
How Patrick Henry's 'Liberty or Death' Speech Inspired Revolution
Patrick Henry's stirring words at the 1775 Virginia Convention became a rallying cry for American colonists fed up with British control.
Patrick Henry's Speech | C-SPAN Classroom
Patrick Henry's Speech. Dave Maier (portraying Patrick Henry) reenacts Henry's famous “Give me liberty or give me death" speech from the Second ...
Patrick Henry's Speech | History & Quotes - Study.com
Patrick Henry gave this speech at the Virginia Convention in order to convince the American colonists that they needed to seek freedom from the British Empire.
Patrick Henry Speech Before Virginia Ratifying Convention
I say, the time has been when every pulse of my heart beat for American liberty, and which, I believe, had a counterpart in the breast of every true American; ...
Patrick Henry (1736–1799) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, in 1989, for example, invoked Henry's “Liberty or Death” speech on their banners. “It is ...
Patrick Henry's Death-Defying Oratory
"Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty"—Henry burst from his imaginary chains and ...
Patrick Henry | George Washington's Mount Vernon
Henry is probably best known for his famous declaration, "give me liberty or give me death," made during a speech before the Virginia Convention in 1775.
Liberty or Empire? - Patrick Henry's Red Hill
Henry's speeches in the Virginia Convention of 1788 testify to his insistence that American freedom required a Bill of Rights.
Patrick Henry's Glasses - Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Patrick Henry's speech at St. John's Church, for the Second Virginia Convention meeting on March 23, 1775, stands as a significant moment in American ...