Refer to the two paragraphs that begin on page
4 and end on page 6. What is Henry's purpose in
posing multiple questions?
ginian lawyer
issionately for the
nies. In March 1775, he
rond Virginia
couraging the
yainst the British Henry
was imminent and
y in the Revolutionary
to coax listeners to agree with his arguments
regarding the imminent war
y or Death"
nry
to cast doubt upon his own rhetoric regarding the
struggle for liberty
to reveal the hopeless situation in which colonists
find themselves
nan I do of the
of the very
just addressed
often see the
ts; and
thought
to encourage the other members of the convention
to engage in a frank dialogue
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6