QUESTION 1

Review the excerpt from Patrick Henry’s “St. John’s Church” speech:

Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

What reason does Henry give for why the colonies will be victorious?

The colonists are destined by God.

The colonies will have help from other nations.

The colonists are invincible and cannot die.

The colonists are strong and brave.