This will be in an attempt to help gain some insight into why he had the political ideas that he had, how he contributed to the American Revolution and what his motivation was behind it. Patrick Henry was born on May 29th 1736, in Cedar Hill Virginia. ... Patrick Henry was elected to the Virginian House of Burgesses, in Williamsburg in 1765, the same year British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. ... In 1773 he persuaded the House of Burgesses to employ a committee of correspondence for Virginia which was to co-ordinate actions against Britain. ...

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