Patrick Henry was an American attorney, whom became very well known for the speeches he gave revolving around the independence of the state of Virginia. He was well liked by the people, and his speeches were known and loved by many US citizens, and is now known internationally. One of the speeches that Henry gave was called “Give Me Liberty”, in which he was criticizing the war that the nation was currently engaged in with Great Britain.He chose to claim that all the acts that were carried through during the war were acts of love, rather than murder and savagery. Henry stated that Britain was treating America as a subordinate, rather than as equal. Arguments were what kept Britain strong compared to the New World, which allowed America to simply
