An american orator and member of the virginia house of burgesses who gave speeches against the british government and its policies urging the colonies to fight for independence. in connection with a petition to declare a "state of defense" in virginia in 1775, he/she gave his/his/her most famous speech which ends with the words, "give me liberty or give me death."

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An american orator and member of the virginia house of burgesses who gave speeches against the british government and its policies urging the colonies to fight for independence. in connection with a petition to declare a "state of defense" in virginia in 1775, he/she gave his/his/her most famous speech which ends with the words, "give me liberty or give me death."

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Before Gettysburg, most major Civil War battles in the East

were won by the Union military. involved General Robert E. Lee. were fought on Confederate soil. involved General Ulysses S. Grant.