Patrick Henry (42 page)
Authors: Thomas S. Kidd
career focused on, eulogy capturing Henry's
emerging movement for
equal, hope for
as a gift from God
new ideals of, slavery and
principle of, Henry's early sensitivity to the
religious, activists for
rhetoric of, implicating slavery in the
true, loss of, triggers of the
and Virginia's Declaration of Rights
“Liberty or Death” speech
Library Company of Philadelphia
Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, The
(Sterne)
(Sterne)
Limbaugh, David
Littlepage, James
Locke, John
“Log College”
Louis XVI, King of France
Louisa County, Virginia
Loyalists
Lutherans
Madison, Dolley
Madison, James
Articles of Confederation and
as Constitutional Convention delegate
on the debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution
deteriorating relationship with Henry
election to the U.S. Senate, Henry preventing
framing the U.S. Constitution
general assessment plan and
ideological purity of
Jay Treaty and
on the Mississippi treaty
as president
proposing amendments
religious freedom and
Republican Party of
response to the Alien and Sedition Acts
retirement from U.S. Congress
and separation of church and state
on slavery
in the U.S. House of Representatives, Henry's efforts to prevent
Virginia Declaration of Rights and
Magdalen
(British schooner)
(British schooner)
Makemie, Francis
Malaria
Manumissions
See also
Emancipation
Emancipation
Marshall, John
Martin, Joseph
Mary, Queen of England
Maryland
Maryland Gazette
Mason, George
position on the U.S. Constitution
Virginia Declaration of Rights and
Massachusetts
battles in
Boston Tea Party
massacre in
period of quiet in
Shays' Rebellion in
Stamp Act and
Townshend Duties and
Massachusetts Government Act
Maury, James
Mayo, Bernard
Mazzei, Philip
Memorial and Remonstrance
(Madison)
(Madison)
Mercer, George
Methodists
Military power, issue of
Militia Act
Militias
assembling for march on Williamsburg
called to defend Chesapeake Bay
following the war
Massachusetts
North Carolina
problems with
Virginia
See also
Continental army
Continental army
Mississippi
Mississippi River navigation rights
Monopoly
Monroe, James
Montgomery County, Virginia
Monticello estate
Moors
Morris, Samuel
Mount Vernon estate
Murray, John.
See
Dunmore, Governor
See
Dunmore, Governor
National military, issue of a
National vs. state power
See also
Consolidated power, issue with
Consolidated power, issue with
Nationalists
See also
Federalists
Federalists
Native Americans
British recruiting/inciting
calamity faced by, in Hanover County
conflicts with
control of
educating and civilizing, plan of
land taken from
relocating
Seven Years' War and
Navigation Acts
Negro Foot (village)
Nelson, Thomas, Jr.
Nero
New England
See also
Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island
Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Light Christians
New London, Virginia
New Orleans port
New York
New York City, attack on
Nicholas, George
Nicholas, Robert Carter
Nonimportation agreements
Norfolk, Virginia
North African coast
North Carolina
Notes on the State of Virginia
(Jefferson)
(Jefferson)
Obama, Barack
Ohio River Valley
“Olive Branch Petition”
Oliver, Andrew
Orange County, Virginia
Ottawa Indians
Paine, Thomas
Pamunkey Indians
Parliamentary authority
Parsons' Cause
Patrick Henry College
Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence, and Speeches
(W.W. Henry)
(W.W. Henry)
Patrick Henry Road, Hanover County
Patriotic career, eulogy capturing Henry's
Paul, the apostle
Payne, John
Peace, Joseph
Pendleton, Edmund
Committee of Safety and
Pennsylvania
See also
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity
(Limbaugh)
(Limbaugh)
Petersburg, Virginia
Philadelphia
battles around, Continental army's defeat in
congressional assembly in
described
Pickering, Timothy
Pinckney, Thomas
Pleasants, Robert
Pontiac's Rebellion
Poplar Forest plantation
Portsmouth, Virginia
Power
afforded to the president, concern over
balance of
of the Confederation
conflict of
consolidated, issue with
executive vs. legislative
judicial
military, issue of
national vs. state
to regulate commerce
senate, concern over
separation of
voting
wartime, need for
Powhatan
Prayer, day of, calls for
Presbyterians
President, office of
desire for Henry to run for
powers afforded to the, concern over
Press, freedom of the
Price, Thomas
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince William County, Virginia
Princeton, New Jersey
Privy Council
Propositions and Grievances Committee
Protestant Reformation
Protestants
Proverbs passage
Public credit, bolstering, plans for
Purcellville, Virginia
Puritans
Quakers
Quartering Act
Quebec Act
Race war, potential, concern over
Racism
Raleigh Tavern, Virginia
Randolph, Edmund
Randolph, John
Randolph, Peyton
Randolph, Richard
Reconciliation, push for
Red Hill estate
Reid, James
Religion
general assessment plan and
importance of, to Henry
national establishment of
publicly supported
republic needing, Henry's belief in a
Seven Years' War and
See also specific religious denominations, churches, and movements
Religious freedom
Religious persecution
Religious pluralism
Republic, ideal, Henry's view of an
Republican ideology
Republican Party
Republicans
Republics, ancient.
See
Greek republic; Roman republic
See
Greek republic; Roman republic
Revere, Paul
Revivalists
Revolutions.
See
American Revolution; French Revolution
See
American Revolution; French Revolution
Rhode Island
Rice, David
Richmond, Virginia
attack on
Right, the
Rights
explicit, amendments declaring, calling for
individual and state, respect for, plan for
Virginia's declaration of
See also
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights
Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, The
(Doddridge)
(Doddridge)
Roane, Spencer (son-in-law)
Robinson, John
Robinson, William
Roman Catholicism.
See
Catholics
See
Catholics
Roman republic
Roundabout Creek property
Royal (governor's) council
Runaway slaves
Rush, Benjamin
Saratoga, New York
Savannah, Georgia
Scotchtown plantation
Scots-Irish immigrants
Scottish immigrants
Secession threats
Second Continental Congress
Continental army and
declaring independence
delegates sent to the
Henry's role in the
Virginia Committee of Safety and
See also
Confederation Congress
Confederation Congress
Sedgwick, Theodore
Sedition Act
Senates.
See
U.S. Senate; Virginia Senate
See
U.S. Senate; Virginia Senate
Seneca Indians
Separation of church and state
Seven Islands plantation
Seven Years' War
Shawnees
Shays' Rebellion
Shelton, John (father-in-law)
Shelton, Sarah.
See
Henry, Sarah Shelton (1st wife)
See
Henry, Sarah Shelton (1st wife)
Sherman, Roger
Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry
(Wirt)
(Wirt)
Slave laws
Slave trade
Slavery
abolition of
during Civil War era, opposition to
Constitutional Convention and
Continental Congress and
dependence on, Henry's hope to reduce
early colonial period and
during the growing crisis with Britain
House of Burgesses and
implicating, in the rhetoric of liberty
negative effect of
in Philadelphia
Slaves
captured in battle, fate of
emancipating
owned by Henry
private manumissions of
recruiting/inciting
revolt by
runaway
taxing
treatment of
Smallpox
Smith, John Blair
Social programs, massive, issue of
“Sons of Liberty” organizations
South Carolina
Southside Virginia
Spain
alliance with
Mississippi River navigation rights and
Speech, freedom of, right to
Speeches (Henry's)
memorable
myth surrounding
St. Andrew's Day festival
St. John's Church
St. Paul's Parish
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
State debts, assumption of, plans for
States' rights, respect for, plan for
State vs. national power.
See
National vs. state power
See
National vs. state power
Stephens, Alexander
Suffolk Resolves
Suffolk, Virginia
Sugar Act
Syme, John
Syme, John, Jr. (half-brother)
Syme, Sarah.
See
Henry, Sarah (mother)
See
Henry, Sarah (mother)
Tanaghrisson
Tariffs.
See
Customs duties/tariffs
See
Customs duties/tariffs
Tarleton, Banastre “Bloody Ban”
Taxes
Confederation Congress and
congressional plan to implement new
customs duties/tariffs
funding churches
under the new Constitution
on sugar
without representation, resistance to
See also
Stamp Act
Stamp Act
Taylor, John
Tea Act
Tea Party
Tea tax
See also
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party
Temples of Reason
Tennessee
Tenth Amendment
Thomson, Charles
Tidewater region, Virginia
Tobacco currency
Tobacco farming
Toleration Act
Tombigbee River
Townshend, Charles
Townshend Duties
Trade
with Britain, dependency on
European barriers to
Mississippi River and
regulating colonial
Seven Years' War and
See also
Commerce; Slave trade
Commerce; Slave trade
Trade status, favorable, granting
Trail of Tears
Treason
Treason laws
Treaty of Paris
Trenchard, John
Trenton, Battle of
Tucker, St. George
Two Penny Act (1755)
Two Penny Act (1758)
Tyler, John, Sr.
United States of America, naming the
U.S. army.
See
Continental army
See
Continental army
U.S. Congress
cost of maintaining the, concern over
first convened
powers of, under the new Constitution
U.S. Constitution
amendments to the, issue of
first form of the
opposition to the
“parchment barriers” of the
powers under the
ratification of the
strict interpretation of the, advocate for
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
powers of, under the new Constitution
U.S. Supreme Court
Valley Forge disaster
Vermont Gazette
(newspaper)
(newspaper)
Veterans' care
Vice president, office of the
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