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Patrick Henry (businessman)
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. May 18, 1736]June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Virginia Conventions, Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, he served as the List of governors of Virginia, first and sixth post-colonial governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Henry was primarily educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, as well as assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, he became a lawyer through self-study. Beginning his practice in 1760, Henry soon became prominent through his victory in the Parson's Cause against the Anglican clergy. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he quickly became notable for his inflammatory rhetoric against the Stamp Act 1765. In 1774, Henry served as a delegate to the Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Virginia
The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. The Governor (United States), governor is head of the Government_of_Virginia#Executive_branch, executive branch of the government of Virginia and is the commander-in-chief of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force. Three Signing_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence#List_of_signatories, signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence served as governor of Virginia and three governors became president of the United States: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler. The current officeholder is Glenn Youngkin, a member of the Republican Party of Virginia, Republican Party who took office on January 15, 2022. Oath of office On inauguration day, the governor-elect takes the following oath of office: ''"I (first_middle_last names), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colony Of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia was a British Empire, British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned. But nearly 20 years later, the colony was re-settled at Jamestown, Virginia, Jamestown, not far north of the original site. A second charter was issued in 1606 and settled in 1607, becoming the first enduring English colonial empire, English colony in North America. It followed failed attempts at settlement on Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey GilbertGilbert (Saunders Family), Sir Humphrey" (history), ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' Online, University of Toronto, May 2, 2005 in 1583 and the Roanoke Colony (in modern eastern North Carolina) by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 1580s. The founder of the Jamestown colony was the Virginia Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Militia
The Virginia militia is an armed force composed of all citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia capable of bearing arms. The Virginia militia was established in 1607 as part of the English militia system. Militia service in Virginia was compulsory for all free males. The main purpose of the Crown's militia was to repel invasions and insurrections and to enforce the laws of the colony. History 17th century In 1623, the year following the outbreak of the first major Anglo-Powhatan War in Virginia, the Virginia General Assembly commanded, "that men go not to work in the ground without their arms; That no man go or send abroad without a sufficient partie well armed." In 1661, Governor William Berkeley stated, "All our freemen are bound to be trained every month in their particular counties." The British county lieutenant system was employed as the population grew; each county had a lieutenant, appointed as the county's chief militia officer. The militia system was originally used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Colonies
The United Colonies of North-America was the official name as used by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia for the newly formed proto-state comprising the Thirteen Colonies in 1775 and 1776, before and as independence was declared. Continental currency banknotes displayed the name 'The United Colonies' from May 1775 until February 1777, and the name was being used to refer to the colonies as a whole before the Second Congress met. Etymology The precise place or date of its origin is unknown. John Adams used the phrase "united colonies" as early as February 27, 1775, in a letter entitled "To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay" published in the '' Boston Gazette'': They have declared our cause their own—that they never will submit to a precedent in any part of the united colonies, by which Parliament may take away Wharves and other lawful estates, or demolish Charters; for if they do, they have a moral certainty that in the course of a few years, ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Henry Christian
Annie Henry Christian (1738–May 4, 1790) was a colonial pioneer who documented the journey with her husband William Christian and their children westward to Kentucky. Her brother was Patrick Henry, the governor of Virginia. Her sister, Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell, was a Methodist lay leader. Her letters to family, friends, and business associates provide insight into westward movement of the 18th century America and life in the wilderness. Like Martha Washington and Catharine Flood McCall, she was a rare business woman, whose success was based upon slave labor. They had '' feme sole'' status of widows or single women who were able to operate businesses, manage finances, and enter into contracts. Early life Annie Henry, the daughter of Sarah Winston Syme Henry and John Henry, was born in Hanover County, Virginia in 1738. John, Sarah's second husband, was an immigrant from Scotland. Of their eleven children, nine survived into adulthood. Patrick Henry, the governor of Virg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell
Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell (1749 – March 18, 1825), was a Methodist lay leader from the United States of America who is credited with bringing Methodism to western Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. Early life Russell, who was a sister of Patrick Henry and Annie Henry Christian, was born in Hanover County, Virginia, to John Henry and Sarah Winston. In 1776 she married Gen. William Campbell (1745–1781), the commander of the American forces that defeated the British at the Battle of King's Mountain in 1780; this was the turning point of the American Revolution. Following Campbell's death in 1781, she married Gen. William Russell in 1783. They lived at Aspenvale, near Seven Mile Ford, Virginia Retrieved 2018-05-12. Caree ...
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William Henry (brother Of Patrick Henry)
William Henry (1734–1785) was the son of John and Sarah Winston Syme Henry. William Henry lived in Virginia and served in the House of Burgesses. He was elected to the Assembly as a member from Fluvanna County. Hartless, Eva C. (1977), ''Sarah Winston Syme Henry'', Boston: Branden Press, p32 He was the older brother of Founding Father Patrick Henry Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. May 18, 1736une 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Virginia Conventions, Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give m ..., who is known for his famous " Give me Liberty or give me Death!" speech. References 1734 births 1785 deaths {{US-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Winston Syme Henry
Sarah Winston Syme Henry, the mother of Patrick Henry, was a woman who educated her son and worked for the independence of the Thirteen Colonies. Early life Sarah Winston was born about 1710. Her parents, Mary (Dabney) and Isaac Winston, came from families who immigrated in the 1660s to Colonial Virginia. Sarah descended from distinguished Presbyterian families from Yorkshire, England. Issac immigrated from Wales about 1702, and settled in Hanover County in Colonial Virginia. Marriage to John Syme Sarah married John Syme in 1726, becoming Sarah Winston Syme. Having immigrated from Aberdeenshire, Scotland recently, he established himself in Hanover County on a large tobacco plantation of several hundred acres called Studley Farm. John Henry, who owned 400 acres of uncleared land in the county, joined Syme to help him work the plantation and to learn tobacco-farming methods. He lived and worked there for four years and was the farm manager when Syme was away. Sarah and John ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothea Dandridge Henry
Dorothea Henry ( ''née'' Dandridge; September 25, 1757 – February 14, 1831) was the wife of Patrick Henry. Upon their marriage while he was in office, she served as the first and sixth First Lady of Virginia during Henry's terms as governor, from 1777 to 1779 and 1784 to 1786.''Death Notices from Richmond Virginia Newspapers 1821-1840,'' (Virginia Genealogical Society, 1987) Early life and education Born in 1757, Dorothea was the daughter of Nathaniel West Dandridge and Dorothea Spotswood. She was a cousin of Martha Dandridge Washington, wife of George Washington. Dorothea had a prominent family background. Her maternal grandfather served as Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the Colony of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood. Her paternal grandfather was a British Navy Commander, Captain William Dandridge. Her paternal great-grandmother, Lady Unity West, was a great-granddaughter of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, for whom Delaware Bay, the Delaware River, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Shelton Henry
Sarah Shelton (1738–1775), was the first wife of Founding Father Patrick Henry, the first Governor of Virginia. Early life and marriage Shelton was born and raised in her family's home of thirteen rooms in Rural Plains in Hanover County, Virginia. In 1754, at age sixteen, Sarah and Patrick were married. Almost a year later, Sarah gave birth to her first child Martha and by 1771, the couple had six children together. Mental illness Sarah Shelton did not start to show signs of mental illness until after the birth of her last child, Edward, whom many called Neddy. Patrick Henry's mother sent a letter to his sister which stated, "We feel Sarah is losing her mind after the birth of little Neddy". It is unknown when Sarah's private doctor strongly suggested that she be sent to the new Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg is an Independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It had a population of 15,425 at the 2020 Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federalist Party
The Federalist Party was a conservativeMultiple sources: * * * * * * * * and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. It dominated the national government under Alexander Hamilton from 1789 to 1801. The party was defeated by the Democratic-Republican Party in 1800, and it became a minority party while keeping its stronghold in New England. It made a brief resurgence by opposing the War of 1812, then collapsed with its last presidential candidate in 1816 United States presidential election, 1816. Remnants lasted for a few years afterwards. The party appealed to businesses who favored banks, national over state government, and manufacturing an army and navy. In world affairs, the party preferred Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and strongly opposed involvement in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The party favored centralization, Early federalism in the United States, federalism, modernization, industriali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-Administration Party
The Anti-Administration party was an informal political faction in the United States led by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson that opposed policies of then Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in the first term of U.S. president George Washington. It was not an organized political party, but an unorganized faction. Most members had been Anti-Federalists in 1788, when they opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution. However, the situation was fluid, with members joining and leaving. Although contemporaries often referred to Hamilton's opponents as "Anti-Federalists", that term is now seen as imprecise since several Anti-Administration leaders supported ratification, including Virginia Representative James Madison. He joined former Anti-Federalists to oppose Hamilton's financial plans in 1790. William Maclay, a leader of the faction in the Senate, used in his Congressional diary the term "Republican". After Jefferson took leadership of the opposition to Hamilton in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
