Thomas Paine Patrick Henery Thomas Jefferson

In order to attain a goal, a sequence of steps and ideas must be made to accomplish that goal. Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson all tried to open the eyes of the people of the colonies by creating speeches which argued why they should take charge and break away from the British Monarchy. Henry first developed his speech “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” read at the Virgina Convention in 1775 to show the colonists that the British Monarchy aren’t gonna get any better and just giving them false hope. Following Henry’s speech comes Paine’s “Common Sense” 1776 to boost the colonists morale because they faced many hardships while fighting for independence from Great Britian. Jefferson developed “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America” to explain why the colonists decided to seperate themselves away from the British Monarchy. In their speeches they all use god as a refrence to show people that he is on their side. All these speeches use similar rhetorical strategies to persuade their audience and to get them on their side. Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson all shared the idea to dissolve all relations with Great Britian and to fight for their own freedom. Both Henry’s and Paine’s speeches led to the creation of The Declaration of Independence.

Henry, Paine, and Jefferson all state that god is on their side of the war. In Patrick Henry’s speech it states “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.” Henry is telling them that god will protect them and be on their side and that god wants them to be independent. Although Thomas Paine was not himself conventionally religious, he was a master persuader who knew how to use his audience beliefs as a way to motivate them. Paine states “In this parliament every man, by natural right, will have a seat. Paine is saying that every man born to a lord shall become one. Thomas Jefferson states “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed