Question

Identify two or more ideas that Patrick Henry expresses about the need for society to change. What types of change does Henry note? Cite supporting information from the text in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

One of the ideas for change is the need for independence, shown in this line:

For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery . . . .

Another idea for change is the need for people to prepare for war against Britain. Henry thinks it may be the only effective option the American colonies have. That idea is clear in this text:

And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sire, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Identify two or more ideas that Patrick Henry expresses about the need for society to change. What types of change does Henry note?

We are talking about the famous speech Patrick Henry delivered to the men that formed the Virginia Club of Burgesses of March 1775. There he expressed his famous comment: "Give me liberty or give me death."

From the speech, we can say that Henry invited the people from Virginia to have the courage and demand a better place without the influence of the British crown. He also invited people to get the Virginia troops ready to fight. He said that the battle was imminent and that Virginia had to be ready to fight the British troops. It is said that prominent colonists such as Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were part of the public that attended that event, and those words resounded in them and influenced their ideas of revolution.