Why Is Patrick Henry Wrong

I would describe Patrick Henry as an intelligent, honest man having strong moral principles. He lived a full life, marrying twice and having 17 children. He was a lawyer, five term govenor of Virginia and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He fought for the Bill of Rights and was an important figure in the American Revolution. "Born on May 29th, 1736 in Studley, Virginia, he was the son of John Henry and Sarah Winston". During his childhood he attended a local school and was later tutored by his father. At the age of 16 Patrick opened a store with his brother but it quickly failed. At 18 he married his first wife, Sarah Shelton, and attempted a career as a planter which didn't go well so he returned to shopkeeping and sadly failed a second time. Later he took a job at Hanover Tavern, where he worked with his father-in-law and began to study law. Patrick Henry was self taught but he managed to persuade a panel of attorneys that
The Stamp Act was a tax imposed on the colonies by the British. Every public and legal document had to have the British seal on it. The fee paid for the seal was used to fund the military defenses of the colonies. Patrick spoke emphatically before the members of the House of Burgesses and claimed that only the General Assembly of Virginia had the right or the power to tax the people of the colony. He then wrote and later published seven resolutions in opposition to the Stamp Act. The Townshend Acts were indirect taxes imposed on 72 different consumer goods that were not produced in America. All of these goods had to be imported from Britain as they had a monopoly in the market. The money raised from the tax was to provide independent salaries for govenors and magistrates. This left the colonies unable to withhold their salaries in the event they did their jobs poorly. At the Continental Congress Patrick Henry backed boycotting British goods and raising a continental