Patrick Henry (revolutionary American)

Patrick Henry (May 29th 1736 - June 6th 1799) was an important actor of the American Révolution and known for its liveliness oratory. With Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, it was one of the most radical defenders of the insurrection of the colonies against England. It also defended the republican principles and the individual rights of the citizens.

Biography

Patrick Henry (May 29th, 1736 - June 6th, 1799) made initially a legal career in Virginia and was characterized by his talents from speaker as of the years 1760. He was elected with the Chambre of the Middle-class men of Virginia in 1765. The taxes taken by the British metropolis was one of its war-horses. March 23rd, 1775, he made a famous speech asking a military action vis-a-vis the aggression British. He took the head of a militia directed against the governor of Virginia Lord Dunmore.

During the War of American independence, he was governor of Virginia (1776-79); it also occupied this station in 1784-86. It estimated that the Constitution of the United States granted too many being able to the federal government. He was opposed radically to the federalist James Madison. The president George Washington offered to him the post of Secretary of State in 1795, but it had to refuse because of its health condition. He died in Red Hill Plantation in Virginia in 1799 at the 63 years age.

He was member of freemasonry.

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