Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry was a famous oratory who was strongly against British authority. At the House of Burgesses in 1765, he introduced many suggestions, one of which declared that the Americans had the same rights as the British did. These suggestions and resolutions were printed and distributed amongst other colonies, which spurred the growing discontent regarding British rule. Henry gave his most famous speech at the Virginia Convention in 1775 and said "Give me liberty, or give me death!".