Brief Summary Of Patrick Henry's Speech

Patrick Henry, also known as the founding father, was born on December 29, 1736 in Hanover County, Virginia. He was a lawyer and a politician. He served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. He is best known as a Revolutionary orator and for his speech “Give me liberty or give me death.” Patrick got his license in 1760 and became a lawyer in 1763. He was selected to serve as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774. There he met a man named Sam Adams. Together he and Adams started the revolutionary war. After his speech “Give me liberty or give me death,” the first shot was fired to start a new war. To start a war, he did not kill anyone, he just spoke his mind. He was an extraordinary

There is a lot we, the common people, can learn from Patrick Henry. We can learn to never give up on our dreams and try our hardest no-matter how hard the task might seem. We can also learn to never let people judge you, because you can be better than them, it is just that you have not realized it yet. Although Henry never went to school, he was home-schooled by his father. Henry taught himself to be a lawyer. If a person who never went to school can start Revolutionary War, then we, the people who are educated, can do anything if we try or have the willingness to do so. From Henry, we can learn to never underestimate ourselves as we never know how far we can go in life and what heights we can achieve. We can also learn to have faith in our abilities and never to settle for less because we deserve the best. If Henry did not fight for the independence, then we would not be living a free life. We must go for what we think is right. At the moment Henry thought that it was the right choice to fight for the independence, although getting independence seemed highly impossible. Yet he fought because life without liberty was no way to live. He thought there was no point of living a life where we are being governed by other people. We cannot do things per our will. We would have to follow others’ rules and regulations on how we should live a life. So, he decided to create change. Either we win or we lose. Loosing was better than not trying. He thought that even if he lost he would have a satisfaction that at least he tried. He would have lifetime regret and would wonder what the end result would be if he tried. He would have wondered if he could have been successful in bringing freedom to the people or would he have failed? In order to prevent having these regrets he tried and he was