"Speech in the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry

    This week in class we read many speeches. I chose "Speech in the Virginia Convention" because I felt speeches like itself were the ones that helped form this great county. The orator of this speech is Patrick Henry. The purpose of the speech was to convince the people of the colonies to fight for their freedom and fight for their rights. He delivered his speech at the Virginia Convention in 1775-76. He is trying to persuade his audience to go down the road of revolution. His tone throughout the story is mainly patriotic and encouraging.
     I really enjoyed this oratory because it was speeches like this in our nations history that encouraged the colonists to sacrifice their lives for a greater good. Perhaps if people like Patrick Henry did not give speeches, or writers like Thomas Paine did not write about revolution, we would not be where we are today.