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Give me liberty or

give me death!

Said by Patrick Henry

Patrick said this famous challenge on March

23, 1775 at the Second Virginia Convention.

The Big Idea

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give e liberty, or give me death!"

Henry wants you to take a side in the war soon to come and he wants to know what the American colonists will do. Will they fight for liberty or be under control of Great Britain.

Photo of the Speech to the Second Virginia

Convention

About Patrick Henry

-Born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1736

-Died in 1799 at the age of 63

-1765, age 29

became a member of the House of Burgesses

-Representative assembly in colonial Virginia

Speech to the Second Virginia Convention

By Patrick Henry

Made by Cota Rowe

"No man thinks more highly than I do of the Patriotism"

-Figurative language. Meaning that I will do more for the country than you.

"Are fleets and armies necessary to work of love and reconciliation?"

-Rhetorical Question. Meaning are we ready for war.

"Give me liberty, or give me death!"

-Hyperbole. Fight for freedom or stay under control of a higher power.

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