Revolution!!

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry
Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?

Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years....

... Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!

In Patrick Henry's speech, his use of pathos, or emotion, is displayed to show the anger at the British forces used to try and subdue the American Colonists in submission and slavery, "There is no retreat but in subission and slavery! Our chains are forged!" logos, or logic, was also used in he speech, in the statesment: "Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for ths accumulation of navies and armies? No sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they nust be meant for no other. This is shown to put together a picture of why the Colonists must go to war against the British.

Dear Diary,
Sir Henry spoke eloquently this past evening, his speech caused tears of joy to well up in my eyes. I feel so strongly about his position, in that, the British are just here to subdue and take our materials, giving nothing in return! I plan to join the war at the soonest possibility, be it a cook, soldier, or even a latrinesman! I wish to fight for our freedom and keep our money in the Colonies! Hurrah to General Washington! Hurrah to Sir Henry!
Pray we achieve victory against the enemy!
With freedom,
Richard Brown

Essential Question
How has the American Dream changed over the years? And how does this change reflect community values?

The dream has become focused on the dream of freedom from the British, who has used the American colonies as a tributary for the British Empire, similar to India and Africa's northern and western coastline. The dream of freedom from the British becomes not just a communities goal, but the entire nation's goal.

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