Speeches In The Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in the United States, was the prosperous military revolt against Great Britain of Thirteen American Colonies which joined together as the United States of America in July 1776. Originally constrained to fighting in those colonies, after 1778 it additionally became a world war between Britain and France, Netherlands, Spain, and Mysore.

Henry is asking his audience if they would rather live a peaceful life of slavery or a life of freedom on their own terms. This rhetorical question is impactful because Henry”s audience is afraid of slavery, they don’t like the idea of being controlled by anyone. They know what the lives of their own slaves are like and they fear being put in that position. This makes the audience want to heed Henry's advice and go to war against Great Britain.

The Revolutionary War was a fight for independence. People who traveled to America only wanted to escape the tyranny of King George and all of the injustice, corruption, and destruction, but it only followed them. People had enough with this and decided it was better to stand up against England, their motherland, and fight for what's theirs, independence. During the time people communicated through literature and it made a great impact on the Revolutionary War. Passages like The Declaration of Independence and The Crisis Number 1 changed how people viewed England and persuaded them to fight for their independence. Both Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine use similar literary devices to develop their argument.

In Patrick Henry’s speech he wants everyone to stop fooling around and get down to business. Patrick Henry views the issue as a simple question, Freedom or Slavery? In his speech Patrick Henry had to convince the Virginians, their struggle for peace had not worked, is not working, and will never work. His solution to the problem was to fight not in the future, but now. Patrick Henry makes a

For example, Paine claims if the “back counties” were to give up their arms, then they’d be killed by the Indians, whom the British had given weapons and stirred up. If the “home counties” were to surrender, then the back counties would inevitably express their resentment. And if any one state were to yield to the British, then the British would need to protect them with all they’ve got to keep the other states from destroying them. Another technique the pair use is fear-mongering and inspiring hatred of the British. Henry did this mostly with slave imagery, while Paine uses more varied scenarios of life under the British. Paine suggests that slavery may not be the worst of the possible futures under British

Brittany Como Mr. Foley A.P. English 11 1 December 2014 Henry vs. Paine During the 1700s, many Americans wanted to break ties with the British and go to war. As people began to feel fed up with how they were being treated, anti-British sentiment drew America closer and closer to a war. Two important men of the 18th century also had this same idea, and began to spread their thoughts around to Americans and their leaders.

In the “Speech in the Virginia Convention” Patrick Henry, also known as the Orator of Liberty, gave a speech to his fellow Virginian patriots to persuade them that going to war with Britain was the only logical solution to be free of them and to have their freedom and to reclaim independence back. Some rhetorical appeals he used to accomplish this task are ethos, pathos, and logos. The first appeal he uses to convince the convention to do his mission was ethos, which is credibility, to persuade his followers to go to war with Britain. Also, he uses this appeal to convince them that he is trustworthy. For example, one thing he said was that “Fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country.”

“For my part I consider nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery” (Henry 102).

In Henry’s speech, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death,” his passion for a revolution pushes him to put all of his efforts into persuading his audience. Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry are similar as they both specify their

In 1775, the colonists of the American colonies were divided over the issue of revolution against the oppressing British parliament. To many, revolution was a radical plan that should be saved for a later time. However, young minds, such as the patriotic Patrick Henry, sought to seek freedom from the subjection in order to form a new nation where citizens could express their natural-born rights. In his speech at the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry forcefully influences the audience through use of diction, figurative language, and allusions in order to confront them with their current position of danger in the face of the inevitable British invasion.

Patrick Henry used a bellicose tone. He suggested that the Patriots must go to war in order to attain freedom. When Henry said “I consider it nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery…” he was saying the colonists needed to fight for freedom or let the British continue to control them, as if they were slaves. Thomas Paine used an authoritative tone and suggested that no state should surrender to the British or they would suffer the hostility of the other states. “I call not upon a few, but upon all; not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us,” is the quote that shows us this tone and suggestion. Paine also suggested that the Tories were encouraging the British army, therefore, they should be kicked out of America.

Henry constantly implies that choosing the latter may be harmful to the colonists, as it will not bring them peace. Henry expresses that in order to be free, colonists need to unite and engage in war against the British. To convey his perception that Britain uses Americans as slaves, Henry instruments imagery when he says that the “[Americans have] chains [that are] forged” and that the “clanking [of the chains] can be heard on the plains of Boston!” Henry intends to persuade the members of the convention to believe that if the British continue to exercise power over the colonies, the colonists will become prisoners under Britain’s control. A famous line from this speech is “give me liberty or give me death,” which is a parallel sentence, specifically an antithesis, because liberty and death are two contrasting ideas that are deemed of equal importance. The antithesis strengthens his argument that the colonists have the power to decide how to continue dealing with the British. By implying that choosing to side with Britain obstructs freedom and limits the choices of the people, he offers a glimpse of the dire consequences that lie before the colonists. In addition, by stating that he would rather choose to die than live under such dreadful consequences, he transfers his despair onto his audience. By employing parallel structure and imagery, Henry conveys his opinion that being under the control of Britain will only lead to slavery and urges them to fight against its tyrannical

In March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry gave the Speech to the Virginia Convention at St. John’s church in Richmond. The reason this speech was written was to tell delegates that they needed to fight against Britain to be free from then. It was intended to “Mr. President” of the Virginia Conference who was Peyton Randolph, and the delegates. This document is still important now because it’s the beginning of the Revolutionary war with Britain. Patrick Henry knew that the only way to the freedom from Britain was to fight back too.

less than a month before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Patrick Henry addressed the

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