He agitated for the passage of the Virginia Resolves in response to the Stamp Act, supposedly giving a speech in which he said, (*) "If this be treason, make the most of it."
John Adams offered to make this man special emissary to France, but he declined, just as he declined George Washington's offer to make him Secretary of State. He argued in favor of the Two Penny Act and against James Maury in the Parson's Cause. He agitated for the passage of the Virginia Resolves in response to the Stamp Act, supposedly giving a speech in which he said, (*) "If this be treason, make the most of it." This anti-Federalist was the first post-independence Governor of Virginia. For 10 points, name this politician who proclaimed, "Give me Liberty, or give me Death."
John Adams offered to make this man special emissary to France, but he declined, just as he declined George Washington's offer to make him Secretary of State.
Patrick {Henry}