Patrick Henry

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• Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1736, to John and Sarah Winston Henry.
• Patrick Henry was a lawyer, patriot, orator, and willing participant in virtually every aspect of the founding of America.
• He was twice married, to Sarah Shelton, and to Dorothea Dandridge.
• In 1760, he appeared in Williamsburg to take his attorney's examination
• Henry amplified his idea to the point of treason in defending his resolutions against the Stamp Act in the House of Burgesses May 30, 1765.

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• the new leader in Virginia politics saddled his lean horse and took the westward road out of Williamsburg.
• In March 1775, Patrick Henry urged his fellow Virginians to arm in self-defense, closing his appeal 
•  in  May 6, 1776, convention Henry became the first governor of the commonwealth under its new constitution. 
• Patrick Henry served five terms as governor of Virginia. He died in 1799 at his home on Red Hill Plantation.
• Henry's powerful words spoken March 23, 1775 at St. John's Henrico Parish Church in Richmond

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