Speech To The Virginia Convention Rhetorical Analysis

What is the chances of Britain taking over the United States again? Well during the revolution the revolutionaries were very patriotic and were willing to do anything to free themselves from the British control. The colonist feared being under control of Britain again and possibly going to war. In Patrick Henry's “Speech to the Virginia Convention” Henry uses pathos to channel the revolutionaries emotions and gets them to want to go to war with the British. In the speech Henry used a confident tone to let the revolutionaries know how important freeing their country from Britain was. While most of the other revs went the peaceful route Henry “not thought disrespectful to those gentlemen” (Henry 102) had another idea of how they
should go about their rivals. With his kind disagreement to others statements he restores respect from the revolutionaries and gets to openly express his opinions of Britain “darkening their land” and “betraying them with a kiss” (Henry 102) channeling their emotions. Patrick Henry uses pathos to successfully get the colonist amped up to fight against britain. He uses their emotions to get them to agree with him.