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Patrick Henry (Politiker, 1736) Give me Liberty, or give me Death! Usage on en.wikiversity.org Introduction to US History/Discontent; Usage on he.wikipedia.org הבו לי חירות או הבו לי מוות! Usage on ms.wikipedia.org Berikan saya kebebasan, atau berikan saya kematian! Usage on tr.wikipedia.org Bana ya özgürlük verin ya da ...
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. " 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 Convention on ...
1775: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death by U.S. colonial patriot Patrick Henry to the Second Virginia Convention. 1791: Abolish the Slave Trade, British Parliamentarian William Wilberforce's four-hour speech to the House of Commons. 1792: The Deathless Sermon, given by William Carey during the decline of Hyper-Calvinism in England.
Illustration of Revolutionary War leader Patrick Henry's (1736-1799) patriotic pronunciation of "Give me liberty or give me death" in 1775. Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [O.S. May 18, 1736] – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who famously declared 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.
It was the site of two important conventions in the period leading to the American Revolutionary War, and is famous as the location where American Founding Father Patrick Henry gave his memorable speech at the Second Virginia Convention, closing with the often-quoted demand, "Give me liberty, or give me death!
The (Revolutionary War) patriot, Patrick Henry, had it right when he said, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Spoken before the American Revolutionary War, Henry’s cry is one to which most ...
In March 1775, Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech delivered at St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond helped convince delegates to approve a resolution calling for armed resistance. [7] In the face of rising unrest in the colony, Dunmore sought to deprive Virginia's militia of military supplies.