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Got married
married Sarah Shelton. -
Birth
Henry was born in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia. -
Dorothea Dandridge
married his second wife. That bought eleven children for that marrige. -
Became a lawyer
Henry first made a name for himself in a case dubbed the "Parson's Cause" -
Protested British tyranny
one of those remaining protest was attending his first session -
Served in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress
Henry amplified his idea to the point of treason in defending his resolutions against the Stamp Act in the House of Burgesses. -
St. John's Church in Richmond
Virginians to arm in self-defense, closing his appeal (uttered at St. John's Church in Richmond -
Delivered the famous speech
"Give me liberty or give me death!" -
Death of wife
Sarah died in the spring of 1775 Because of her illness-then thought to have been caused by being 'possessed by the devil. -
became colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment
At the outset of the Revolutionary War, Henry led militia against Royal Governor Lord Dunmore in defense of some disputed gunpowder -
elected founding trustees of Hampden-Sydney College
which opened for classes on November 10. -
played a prominent role in the convention
became the first governor of the commonwealth under its new constitution. -
Period: to
Governor of Virginia
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Period: to
the five years Henry lived at Leatherwood,
he owned 75 slaves, and grew tobacco. -
Death
died at Red Hill Plantation, Virginia
