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[[Image:Henry.jpg|200px|thumb| A portrait of Patrick Henry.]]
[[Image:Henry.jpg|200px|thumb| A portrait of Patrick Henry.]]
'''Patrick Henry''' (1736-1799) was a Patriot during the [[American Revolution]], an active member of the [[Sons of Liberty]], and an anti-[[Federalist]] who opposed ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]] afterwards. A radical democrat, he supported combining the executive and the legislative into a single elected body. An [[attorney]], he prevailed in the Parsons' Cause by defending the right of the [[Virginia]] colony to fix the price of the [[tobacco]] to be paid to the clergy in violation of a contrary ruling in [[England]].<ref>http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/HENRY.HTM</ref> In the 1790s Henry was a leader of the [[Federalist Party]] in support of [[George Washington]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], and opposition to [[Thomas Jefferson]].
'''Patrick Henry''' (1736-1799) was a Patriot during the [[American Revolution]], an active member of the [[Sons of Liberty]], and an [[Anti-Federalists|anti-Federalist]] who opposed ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]] afterwards. A radical democrat, he supported combining the executive and the legislative into a single elected body. An [[attorney]], he prevailed in the Parsons' Cause by defending the right of the [[Virginia]] colony to fix the price of the [[tobacco]] to be paid to the clergy in violation of a contrary ruling in [[England]].<ref>http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/HENRY.HTM</ref> In the 1790s Henry was a leader of the [[Federalist Party]] in support of [[George Washington]] and [[Alexander Hamilton]], and opposition to [[Thomas Jefferson]].
Patrick Henry is best known today for the rousing speech that he gave on March 23, 1775 to the 2nd Virginia Convention at Richmond's St. John's Church:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-23&view=View</ref>
Patrick Henry is best known today for the rousing speech that he gave on March 23, 1775 to the 2nd Virginia Convention at Richmond's St. John's Church:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-23&view=View</ref>