In the words of Patrick Henry, "Give me liberty or give me death!" (Speech before the Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775) can be seen a powerful drive for reform. What causes this urge to revolt? What are the after-effects of just such a ... would have occurred, had it not been for a need of freedom. As is plainly evident, revolutions are caused by a great belief in freedom. So great a belief, that thousands of people give their lives to fight for it. The effects can be just as dramatic, where thirteen colonies of farmers can evolve into the most powerful nation on the face of the ... ...

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... , make the most of it." In August 1774, Virginia elected Henry a delagate to the First Continental Congress. On March 23, 1775 Henry gave his great speech, quoted the words, "Give me liberty or give me death." His most famous saying. After that, the convention re-elected him and six others to go back to Philidelphia for the Second Continental Congress. After being a member of the Second ... ...

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... to join together and act vigilant and brave. Besides, the war had already started, and they could not back out now. Henry ends his speech with the famous line, "Give me liberty or give me death!" This is how he inspired the colonist to fight. In The Declaration of Independence, Jefferson explains how the colonist disliked the way Britain was ruling them. Some of what the ... ...

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... the Virginian Convention in 1775 he was able to successfully promote and initiate measures for an armed resistance to the British imposition on the American Colonies. Here he delivered his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" Speech which is considered a very motivational piece of literature whereby he spurs on the American Colonists to revolution. In 1775, news of the battles at Lexington and Concord had ... ...

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