January 14, - January 15, January 12, - January 14, January 17, - January 12, January 15, - January 17, January 18, - January 14, January 16, - January 18, January 14, - January 16, This searchable database identifies former governors by state and dates of service. The resolves declared that Americans should be taxed only by their own representatives and that Virginians should pay no taxes except those voted on by the Virginia legislature.
Later in the speech, Henry flirted with treason when he hinted that the King risked suffering the same fate as Julius Caesar if he maintained his oppressive policies. Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23, George Washington , Thomas Jefferson and five of the six other Virginians who would later sign the Declaration of Independence were in attendance that day.
Royal Governor Lord Dunmore responded to the speech by removing gunpowder from the magazine. Henry spoke without notes. No transcripts exist from his famous address. The only known version of the speech was reconstructed in an biography of Henry by author William Wirt, leading some historians to speculate that the famous Patrick Henry quote may have been fabricated by Wirt to sell copies of his book.
Patrick Henry married his first wife, Sarah Shelton, in , and the two went on to have six children together.
He married Dorothea Dandridge of Tidewater, Virginia, two years later and their union produced eleven children. Henry and other Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the United States Constitution , which created a strong federal government.
Patrick Henry worried that a federal government that was too powerful and too centralized could evolve into a monarchy. While the Anti-Federalists were unable to stop the ratification of the U. The first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, protected individual liberties and placed limits on the powers of the federal government.
King George III. Establishing a State and National Government Henry was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in , and emerged as one of the most influential members of the assembly.
October Patrick Henry marries Sarah Shelton, with whom he will have six children. He receives as her dowry a acre farm called Pine Slash, a house, and six slaves. April Patrick Henry wins admission to the bar and begins his practice in the courts of Hanover and adjacent counties. The jury accepts Henry's arguments and awards the plaintiff only one penny in damages.
May 29, Patrick Henry persuades a sparsely attended House of Burgesses to adopt five resolutions condemning the Stamp Act as a violation of the ancient rights of Englishmen in Virginia, known as the "Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act. His wife, Sarah Henry, begins to show signs of mental illness after the birth of their sixth child. March 23, At Saint John's Church, in Richmond, during the Virginia Convention of , Patrick Henry introduces a plan of military preparedness in a speech that ends, "Give me liberty, or give me death!
April 21, Governor John Murray, earl of Dunmore, dispatches a company of marines to seize the colony's munitions from the public magazine in Williamsburg. April—May Patrick Henry and his Hanover militia company march toward Williamsburg to demand payment for gunpowder confiscated by the British. In response, Governor Lord Dunmore issues an edict against Henry and his "deluded followers, [who] have taken up arms … and put themselves in a posture of war.
May 3, Carter Braxton alone confronts Patrick Henry and a large company of volunteer militiamen who are marching on Williamsburg to demand restoration of or reimbursement for Virginia gunpowder that the royal governor has removed from the colony's powder magazine.
August 26, During the Virginia Convention of July—August , Patrick Henry is elected commander in chief of the Virginia militia, which consists of two provincial regiments. February 28, Patrick Henry resigns his position as commander in chief of the Virginia militia.
June 29, At the Virginia Convention of , Patrick Henry is elected the first governor of the independent Commonwealth of Virginia. May 29, Patrick Henry is elected to a second term as Virginia governor. October 9, Patrick Henry marries Dorothea Dandridge.
They will have eleven children. May 29, Patrick Henry is elected governor of Virginia for a third consecutive term. His term begins the next day. November 17, Patrick Henry is elected to a fourth term as governor of Virginia.
November 25, Patrick Henry is elected to a fifth term as governor. Written by Thomas Jefferson and championed in the House of Delegates by James Madison, the bill effectively severs the connection between church and state. November 30, Patrick Henry declines to run for a sixth term as governor and resumes his law practice.
Patrick Henry is elected to the convention but declines to attend, later explaining, "I smelt a rat. June 25, After intense debate among the delegates to the Virginia Convention, the U. Constitution is ratified by an 89 to 79 vote—due in part to a promise by the Federalists to consider amendments after ratification.
Patrick Henry pushes for a federal Bill of Rights. September 25, Congress sends twelve constitutional amendments to the states. December 15, Virginia becomes the final state to ratify the ten amendments to the U. Constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights. The Ninth and Tenth amendments reserve all rights not allotted to the federal government to the states or to the people, providing early support for a states' rights theories.
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