According to Patrick Henry, what have the colonist done to maintain good ties with the British?

Patrick Henry in his "Speech at the Convention of Virginia" says that all peaceful ways to negotiate with the British, have already been made, and were also useless, since they have already argued their rights, then they have protested, and the protests were harshly repressed, they have been prostrated before the British throne, and have even begged; but in response, the Colonists have been despised and insulted by the king. Therefore, Henry says in his famous speech, that the settlers can not abandon their struggle for their freedom; and although there are losses and sacrifices, they are for a greater cause. That's when he calls the fight to all Americans.