Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia on May 29, 1736. He was elected to Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765, and to the Continental Congress in 1774. He served as governor of Virginia from 1776-1778, and again in 1784. He died on June 6, 1799. Patrick Henry was considered a "radical" by both the colonists and British alike. Henry's reputation as a passionate and fiery orator exceeded even that of Samuel Adams. Patrick Henry was a strong critic of the constitution proposed in 1787. He was in favor of a weak federal government, and the strongest possible government for the individual states. He was also very critical of the fact that the constitutional convention was conducted in secret.
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During the period of debate over the ratification of the Constitution, numerous independent local speeches and articles were published all across the country. Initially, many of the articles in opposition were written under pseudonyms, such as “Brutus�... SEE MORE