Patrick Henry argues that war with Britain is inevitable.
In his speech he says, "The war is inevitable -- and Let it come!" Throughout his famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, Patrick Henry details all of the reasons the colonies should have a revolution. He argues that Britain is treating them like slaves and ignoring all of their requests and petitions. He also states that the colonies will never be stronger. They are as strong as they are going to get and if they wait too long, Britain will have amassed an army that they will not be able to defeat.
I'll tell you. M' father, Pip, he were given to drink, and when he were overtook with drink, he hammered away at my mother, most unmerciful. It were a'most the only hammering he did, indeed, 'xcepting at myself. And he hammered at me with a wigour only to be equalled by the wigour with which he didn't hammer at his anwil. - You're a-listening and understanding, Pip?"
In this excerpt, the action of "hammering"
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Tip 2: Develop a critical attitude
Tip 3: Follow the sources
Tip 4: Look for fake pictures
Tip 5: Who else reports on it?
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An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review).
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.
Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.
