During the early 1700's and mid-1800's, many famous documents and speeches were produced by differentiating writers and political leaders. These leaders had many similarities and differences in their views of their political lives. In the famous Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson and the Speech in the Virginia Convention made by Patrick Henry, both orators tend to share many alike points of view on the current status of the colonies and their enhabitants. In …
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…Henry put it and Jefferson would most likely agree, "..give me liberty or give me death!"Throughout both Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry's terms as great political leaders, they had many connected thoughts on what the colonies needed to survive. They shared several views on political aspects of life such as quality, war, plundering, and religion as well. As times and civilization progressed, they were the men who sculpted society into what it is today.