Virginia Patrick Henry Research Paper

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Born in May 29, 1736 in Studley, Virginia Patrick Henry was an American Revolution era public speaker. He is best known for his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. Henry was an authoritative leader in opposition to the British government. Only accepted the new government, after the Bill of Rights Passage. Which he was a great measure of responsibility in.(Biography 1) Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia. The second oldest out of nine siblings, Henry received most of his schooling by his father who attended the University of Scotland. He was a very musically gifted child who played the fiddle and the flute. At age fifteen Patrick Henry ran a store for his father. The store failed miserably and Patrick Henry had his first