Patrick Henry

Important Facts:

1. Born May 29, 1736 in Hanover County, Virginia
2. Protested against British tirany
3. He was a symbol of American struggle for liberty
4. Served in Virginia's House od Burgueses and Continental Congress
5. He was a 5-term governer of Virginia
6. Died June 6, 1799 at Red Hill Plantation, Virginia

Short Biography:

• He was a lawyer, patriot, orator, and participant in every aspect on the founding of the US. Henry at firtst tried merchandizing and farming but failed. Then he went into the lawyer career and was accepted to practice in 1760. Three years later his reputation was made when he won a case named the Parson's Cause defending farmers. Later he created bills against the British laws. To his surprise many colonies adapted these bills as their own. From then on, he was idolized and became a hero to all revolutionaries.

Famous Quotations:

"Fear is the passion of slaves."

"Give me liberty or give me death."

"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

"I know no way of judging the future but by the past"

"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

"The great object is that every man be armed."