https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77 Made with ♥ en-us 2017-09-05 00:35:41 UTC 2017-09-05 01:23:56 UTC hello@padlet.com shar7019 https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599213 Main Idea of the speech]]> 2017-09-05 00:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599213 shar7019 https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599263 Evidence: "The war is inevitable and let it come!"(Henry 64).
Explanation: The only way for the colonist to gain their freedom from Great Britain was to go to war. Patrick Henry was trying to prepare people for the reality of war coming true.  ]]> 2017-09-05 00:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599263 shar7019 https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599346 Evidence: "For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery..."(Henry 9).
Explanation: The colonist wanted to gain their freedom from Britain. Patrick Henry was trying to persuade people that war was the only way they could gain their freedom. ]]> 2017-09-05 00:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599346 shar7019 https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599389 Evidence: "Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power"(Henry 55-56).
Explanation: With God on their side, the colonist should be able to go to war and win against Great Britain because anything is possible through God.  ]]> 2017-09-05 00:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599389 shar7019 https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599612 Evidence: "Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?"(Henry 54-55). 
Explanation: A sense of false hope was the driving force for the colonies to prepare for war with Great Britain. Hope was mentioned throughout the speech as almost a security blanket for the colonist to use in denial of the war brewing. ]]> 2017-09-05 00:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shar7019/k6xjp7navs77/wish/184599612