PATRICK HENRY 1736 1799 POLITICIAN HENRY PATRICK 1736 1799 REVOLUTIONARY WAR U.S CONSTITUTION U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS PATRICK HENRY WAS BORN IN HANOVER COUNTY VIRGINIA IN 1736 HE WORKED AS A STOREKEEPER FROM 1751 TO 1760 WHEN HE BECAME A LAWYER HENRY ENTERED THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES IN 1765 AFTER MAKING A SPEECH IN THE LEGISLATURE OPPOSING THE STAMP ACT HENRY GAINED A REPUTATION AS A RADICAL DURING THE NEXT 10 YEARS HE BECAME A LEADER OF OPPOSITION TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HE WAS A DELEGATE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESSES IN MARCH 1775 HENRY CALLED THE COLONIES TO PREPARE TO FIGHT GREAT BRITAIN HE DECLARED GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH HENRY SERVED AS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA FROM 1776 TO 1779 AND FROM 1784 TO 1786 EVEN THOUGH HENRY WAS A MEMBER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HE OPPOSED RATIFICATION OF THE U.S CONSTITUTION HOWEVER HE DID SUPPORT A BILL OF RIGHTS IN 1788 HENRY RETURNED TO HIS LAW PRACTICE IN 1799 HE WON A SEAT IN THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE BUT DIED BEFORE HE COULD TAKE OFFICE
