Patric Henry's speech (with some background). Read the whole speech, please! Most already know the end of it.
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Following the Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773, in which American Colonists dumped 342
containers of tea into the Boston harbor, the British Parliament enacted a series of Acts in
response to the rebellion in Massachusetts.
In May of 1774, General Thomas Gage, commander of all British military forces in the colonies,
arrived in Boston, followed by the arrival of four regiments of British troops.