Patrick Henry was an American attorney and orator who served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia.
In this text, Patrick Henry claims that the Patriots have tried everything they could to stop the tyranny of the British government. The government, on the other hand, has ignored them. Now, they have concluded that there is no hope for the two sides to be reconciled. The only option they have left is to fight against Britain.
Neither, a metaphor would be like "I'm so hungry that I could probably eat an elephant," while a simile would have 'like' or 'as' to describe something.
Adverbs describes what the verb is doing
The correct order would be; 5-2-6-1-3-4-7