Why Is Patrick Henry Unfair

Patrick Henry would agree that there was too little freedom in America at the time he was alive. He lived in the American colonies when Britain was enforcing many unfair laws on the American colonies. Patrick henry knew and saw the British were being unfair and refusing to listen to reason. Henry Patrick fought against the British by convincing the Americans to come together and stand for their freedom. He gave many speeches and first said the famous words “Give me liberty or give me death!”
In 1760 nearing his 24 birthday Patrick henry decided to become a lawyer. His first successful case known as “Parson’s Cause”. A church minister sued the British government for stopping his pay for a short amount of time. Patrick henry spoke out against the minister and …show more content…
Patrick Henry proved that he was a voice against Britain’s harsh policies against the American colonies. Patrick henry fought against the stamp act of 1765 which taxed all of the paper used by the American colonists. “He insisted that only the colony itself should be able to levy taxes on its citizens. Some in the assembly cried out that his comments were treason, but Henry was unfazed” (biography.com/people/patrick-henry-9335512#early-life). Patrick Henry had many suggestions about handling the matter and printed them to distribute to the other American colonies.
Patrick Henry was a great force in the rising rebellion of the American colonies against Britain. In 1774 Patrick Henry was chosen to be a delegate for the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Patrick Henry met Sam Adams and they worked together to stoke the fires for the American revolution. Patrick Henry called for American colonists to stand together as America rather than separate colonies; "The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American."