The Call to Action
It was March of 1775, at the third Virginia convention, the air was thick with confusion and tension at St. John’s Church. During the time period, people's interests were very split, some colonists wanted to stray away from the king and England to have America as its own country. On the other hand, some colonists were very loyal to England while the rest didn't want conflict at all. It was a timely trouble that the colonists faced. Patrick Henry’s most effective persuasive technique during his speech was pathos. When he used this, it pulled at the colonists emotions, it made them feel something. With that it created a call to action in the revolutionaries in the room. Patrick Henry knew it was important to persuade the
