How Patrick Henry Moved People with His Speech What is one major factor of a speech that conveys their message to the audience? Most of the time, it is logic that really gets into the people’s minds. Logos is a major part of Patrick Henry’s influential speech, “Speech to the Virginia Convention.” In 1775 Patrick Henry attended the second Virginia Convention and had proposed a way to raise militia to put Virginia in a state of defense. Other delegates insisted otherwise, Henry’s impromptu speech really turned their ideas around. Patrick Henry best demonstrated logos to inform his audience of what America was coming to under the rule of Britain and how we needed to declare independence.
Patrick Henry decides to use facts to wake up the people of America that were willing to continue to subject themselves to Britain’s rule. During his speech, he talks about preparations Britain is making to take the newly founded United States to war. “Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these war-like preparations which cover our waters and darken our land” (Henry qtd. In “Give Me”). The colonist have risked their whole lives for a new beginning- war would ruin it all. The logic behind war and the aftermath of …show more content…
Once he realizes this is his second convention with his same ideas, he had to get his fellow citizens on board and explain what signs Britain has given off to prepare for war. He hits points that people are too scared to discuss and fights with such passion it is alerting. After he gave his speech, he and his militia troops forced the British government to return seized gun powder and then led to the second amendment, “Right to Bear Arms.” Many people will always remember Patrick Henry for his moving words, and any American will recognize his famous quote, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me