Question

What is the speaker’s viewpoint? What is his claim?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Patrick Henry’s "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"  viewpoint in the speech of (1775) at Second Virginia Convention,  was a phrase, idiomatically expressed to portray in grievances of  the displeasure of man inhumanity to man. It was a set-phrase indicating enormous displeasure at any over-authoritarian policy or law over some perceived vulnerable people.

2. Patrick Henry's claim on Give Me Liberty speech  on the Second Virginia Convention was to implore his countrymen to declare war against the British colonists in their colonies.

Explanation:

1.  Patrick Henry urged fellow Virginians to support the Revolutionary War, saying “give me liberty or give me death!” that encouraged Virginia legislators to provide troops to the Revolutionary War effort, which eventually helped to create the Continental Army in less than three months after the declaration.

2. Patrick Henry's claim on Give Me Liberty speech  on the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia was to implore his countrymen to declare war against the British. Henry points to the presence of British soldiers in the colonies, asserting that they're not there for the protection of the colonists. They're there to enforce British colonial rule.