jueves, 1 de septiembre de 2011

Patrick Henry Questions:
1. What is your impression of Patrick Henry?In my opinion Patrick Henry was one of the most important and best orators in the American Revolution.
2. If you were an American colonist, would Henry´s speech sway you to join the revolutionaries? Why or why not?He would had totally made me join the revolutionaries because he has very convincing arguments that make me think on what is better for my future.
3. Henry Implies that death is preferable to a life without liberty. Do you agree?
                   I agree with him because life without liberty is a life of suffering and sadness.
 
4. How does Henry say that he judges the future?                 
                   By first judging the past.

5. What does Henry say is the reason for the British military buildup in America? What course of action must the colonists take?Henry says that all that army is meant for them, to bind and rivet upon the chains British ministry have been so long forging. And calls all colonists to fight, fight for the liberty they deserve.
6. What does Henry say "the next gale that sweeps from the north" will bring?                  
                    To our ears the clash of resounding arms!

7. Why do you think Henry begins by stating his opinions of the previous speakers?To tell the present people about how other speakers al talk about the subject, but only in different lights.
8. Why does Henry believe that compromise with the British that compromise with the British is not a workable solution?Because they would not really win anything is the made a compromise with the British.
9. How does Henry answer the objection that the colonists are not ready to fight?By telling him, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery"
10. To what does Henry compare the colonist´s the situation?                  
                    It compares it to death

11. What occasion or situation might prompt a states man to deliver such a formal, dramatic speech today?One of the most recent and situation that might convince a statesman to give a speech such as Henry´s, would be the corruption that is now present in almost al the world and that affects us day by day.

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