Patrick Henry

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American politician Founding Father of the United States human lawyer orator

Patrick Henry was a fiery American orator and Founding Father best known for his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech and his leadership in opposing British rule in colonial Virginia.

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Label	Occurrences
Patrick Henry canonical	56
American Revolutionary orator Patrick Henry	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Founding Father of the United States ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1736-05-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1799-06-06 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English American ⓘ
familyName	Henry ⓘ
father	John Henry ⓘ
givenName	Patrick ⓘ
knownFor	"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech ⓘ early advocacy of American independence ⓘ leading opposition to British rule in colonial Virginia ⓘ
memberOf	First Continental Congress ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ House of Burgesses ⓘ surface form: Virginia House of Burgesses Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
mother	Sarah Winston Syme Henry ⓘ
movement	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
notableWork	Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775 ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ orator ⓘ planter ⓘ politician ⓘ
office	1st Governor of Virginia after independence ⓘ 6th Governor of Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Studley, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Anti-Federalist ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Virginia ⓘ Member of the First Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the Second Continental Congress ⓘ Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ Member of the Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Hanover County, Virginia ⓘ Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia ⓘ Scotchtown, Hanover County, Virginia ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Frances Jones Dandridge ⓘ surface form: Dorothea Dandridge Sarah Shelton ⓘ
termEnd	1779-06-01 ⓘ 1786-11-22 ⓘ
termStart	1776-07-05 ⓘ 1784-11-30 ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

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First Continental Congress → notableDelegate → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Second Continental Congress → member → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Patriot (American Revolution) → notableLeader → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Sons of Liberty → notableMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Colony and Dominion of Virginia → notablePerson → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Anti-Federalists → notableMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Committees of Correspondence → notableMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Liberty Boys → hasMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Patriots → notableMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

House of Burgesses → notableMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Virginia Convention → notableSpeechBy → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Virginia Convention

St. John’s Church → associatedWith → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)

Patrick Henry College → namedAfter → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Henry County, Georgia → namedAfter → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Virginia Ratifying Convention → significantPerson → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Henry County, Alabama → namedAfter → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Virginia Constitution of 1776 → associatedWithPerson → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Virginia Committee of Correspondence → hasMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Studley, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia → hasNotableResident → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia → finalHomeOf → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia → burialPlaceOf → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Red Hill, Charlotte County, Virginia → significantPerson → Patrick Henry ⓘ

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → author → Patrick Henry ⓘ

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → speaker → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Scotchtown, Hanover County, Virginia → significantResident → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775 → author → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775 → speaker → Patrick Henry ⓘ

John Henry → child → Patrick Henry ⓘ

John Henry → notableRelative → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia → associatedWith → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruton Parish Church

Sarah Shelton → spouse → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Sarah Shelton → associatedWith → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Virginia militia → notableCommander → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Continental Congress → hasMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Governor's Palace → associatedWithPerson → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Governor's Palace (Williamsburg)

Sarah Winston Syme Henry → child → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Sarah Winston Syme Henry → motherOf → Patrick Henry ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Revolutionary orator Patrick Henry

Sarah Winston Syme Henry → notableRelative → Patrick Henry ⓘ

William Campbell → relative → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Henry County, Missouri → namedAfter → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Henry County → namedAfter → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry County, Alabama

Henry → notableBearer → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Hanover County, Colony of Virginia → notableResident → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Addison’s play "Cato" → influenced → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Cato (play)

Addison’s play "Cato" → quotedBy → Patrick Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Cato (play)

Hanover County, Virginia → associatedWith → Patrick Henry ⓘ

United States Founding Fathers → includes → Patrick Henry ⓘ

delegation of Virginia to the Continental Congress → hasMember → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Thomas Nelson Jr. → succeededBy → Patrick Henry ⓘ

Patrick County, Virginia → namedAfter → Patrick Henry ⓘ