"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"

In the 1770s, during the revolution, Patrick Henry gave his speech at the Virginia Convention discussing why the colonists must revolt against the British nation. He is speaking towards the president of the convention, to delegates, and to the rest of the people listening to his speech. He wants the colonists to fight and join their friends which have already begun the fighting. To do that, he uses persuasion and attempts to inspire the colonists with his words. To persuade and to inspire the audience, he tries to assure the audience that he is willing to go fight right after he finishes the speech, and is ready to fight aside any other colonist which pleases to fight with him. In my opinion, that is a great way to get a bandwagon going of people to follow him because to move the masses of people, one must have a leader. He says during his speech "Their clanging may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable-and let it come! I repeat, sir, let it come!". This statement shows that he is ready for war, and he is trying to inspire the audience that is listening to him to also be ready for the inevitable; which in this case is war.  He uses a diplomatic, demanding and enthusiastic tone to appeal to the audience, which helps his purpose. The subject of the speech is freedom and independence, which he demands.