Patrick Henry | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Patrick Henry


00:02:27 1 Early life and struggles (1736–1759)
00:06:55 2 Revolutionary lawyer and politician (1760–1775)
00:07:09 2.1 Parson's Cause
00:10:16 2.2 Stamp Act
00:15:51 2.3 Lawyer and landowner (1766–1773)
00:19:47 2.4 Renewed involvement and First Continental Congress (1773–1775)
00:26:40 2.5 "Liberty or Death" (1775)
00:30:09 2.6 Gunpowder incident
00:34:39 3 Independence and first time as governor
00:43:17 4 Leatherwood and the House of Delegates (1779–1784)
00:49:10 5 Second period as governor (1784–1786)
00:52:41 6 Opponent of the Constitution (1787–1790)
01:00:07 7 Later years
01:05:33 8 Monuments and memorials
01:08:47 9 Legacy and historical view
01:14:17 10 See also
01:14:30 11 Notes
01:14:39 11.1 Source bibliography
01:17:10 12 Further reading
01:18:02 12.1 Primary sources
01:18:23 13 External links



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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, and orator well known for his declaration to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, Henry became a lawyer through self-study. Beginning his practice in 1760, he soon became prominent through his victory in the Parson's Cause against the Anglican clergy. Henry was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he quickly became notable for his inflammatory rhetoric against the  Stamp Act of 1765.
In 1774 and 1775, Henry served as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, but did not prove particularly influential. He gained further popularity among the people of Virginia, both through his oratory at the convention and by marching troops towards the  colonial capital of Williamsburg after the Gunpowder Incident until the munitions seized by the royal government were paid for. Henry urged independence, and when the Fifth Virginia Convention endorsed this in 1776, served on the committee charged with drafting the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the original Virginia Constitution. Henry was promptly elected governor under the new charter, and served a total of five one-year terms.
After leaving the governorship in 1779, Henry served in the Virginia House of Delegates until he began his last two terms as governor in 1784. The actions of the national government under the Articles of Confederation made Henry fear a strong federal government and he declined appointment as a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention.  He actively opposed the ratification of the Constitution, a fight which has marred his historical image. He returned to the practice of law in his final years, declining several offices under the federal government. A slaveholder throughout his adult life, he hoped to see the institution end, but had no plan for that beyond ending the importation of slaves. Henry is remembered for his oratory, and as an enthusiastic promoter of the fight for independence.