
I’m writing this post because I was personally curious about Patrick Henry. He’s famously known for saying “give me liberty or give me death”, but I know little else about him. Did he contribute in other ways to the founding? Was he involved in the politics? Is the only significant thing to know about him that he said a famous quote?
Patrick Henry: Lawyer
Henry was born in Virginia, in 1736, one of nine children. He tried out…