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investigation of Jefferson instigated by
Jefferson’s attempt at reconciling with
on Jefferson’s resignation
journey from anti-federalist to Federalist
as land speculator
law examination of
as law student
as lawyer
Leatherwood home of
legacy of
marriages of
meeting and becoming friends with Jefferson
as military commander
militia expedition by, Virginians’ view of
moniker for
moral vision instilled in
national vs. state power and
on Native Americans
near capture of
negative view of Congress
notoriety achieved by
obituary of
objection to the Mississippi treaty
opposition to the U.S. Constitution
oratory style of
Paine and
Parsons’ Cause and
as a planter
political ambitions of
poor health of
positioning for a political career
posthumous biographical treatment of
pragmatism of
predictions of, descendant writing about
preventing Madison’s election to the U.S. Senate
pro-British positions of
pursuing dual careers
quote erroneously attributed to
raising militias
reconciling himself to the new government
Red Hill home of
reelected as governor
religious pluralism and
religious practice of
remarriage of
on repaying British creditors
resignation from military service
resolutions against the Stamp Act
retirement of
rivalry and friendship with R. H. Lee
Roundabout Creek property of
running again for the House of Delegates
Scotchtown home of
Second Continental Congress and
and separation of church and state
separatist intentions of
serving again in the House of Delegates
Seven Years’ War and
shortcomings of
as slave owner
on slavery
Stamp Act and
as store owner
suggesting secession as an option
support for Washington
Supreme Court position offered to
thoughts on contemporary issues, speculation over
Townshend Duties and
Virginia Convention and
Virginia Declaration of Rights and
voting for president and vice president
will of
worries of, in the last years of the war
Yazoo land grant and
Henry, Patrick (uncle/pastor)
Henry, Patsey (daughter)
Henry, Richard (son)
Henry, Sarah (mother)
Henry, Sarah Shelton (1st wife)
Henry, William (brother)
Henry, William (son)
Henry, William Wirt (grandson)
Henry, Winston (son)
Hessian troops
Homeschoolers
Hook, John
House, lower. See British House of Commons; U.S. House of Representatives; Virginia House of Burgesses; Virginia House of Delegates
House, upper. See British House of Lords; U.S. Senate; Virginia Senate
Illinois territory
Impending Crisis of the South (Helper)
Incorporation bill
Independence
debate over, in Virginia
national, Continental Congress declaring
resolution in Virginia declaring
See also Declaration of Independence
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Indians. See Native Americans
Individual rights, respect for, plan for
Infanticide case
Innoculation campaigns
Intercolonial congress. See First Continental Congress; Second Continental Congress
Intercolonial cooperation committee
Interracial sex/marriage
Intolerable Acts (1774)
Iraq war
Jamaica
James II, King of Great Britain
James I, King of Great Britain
James, the disciple
Jamestown, burning of
Jay, James
Jay, John
Jay Treaty
Jefferson, Martha
Jefferson, Thomas
abandoning his office
as ambassador to France
animosity between Henry and
attempting reconciliation with Henry
background on
Boston Port Bill and
Clark’s expedition and
corresponding with Henry’s biographer
cousin of
and the Declaration of Independence
doubts about the U.S. Constitution
on executive power
family of
Gaspee commission and
General Court and
as governor of Virginia
on Henry as a lawyer
on Henry’s Federalist affiliation
on Henry’s impost indecision
Henry’s view of
ideological purity of
indebtedness of
as lawyer
legal investigation of
meeting and becoming friends with Henry
Monticello home of
near capture of
negative view by, of Henry posthumously
as planter
posthumous biographical treatment of
as president
as presidential candidate
religious freedom and
religious practice of
Republican Party of
resignation as governor
response to the Alien and Sedition Acts
Second Continental Congress and
and separation of church and state
skepticism of
on slavery
Stamp Act and
as vice president
on Washington’s political offers to Henry
Jenyns, Soame
Jeremiah 5:21
Jeremiah 6:14
Jeremiah 18:22
Jeremiah, the prophet
Jesus Christ
John, the disciple
Judas
Judicial power
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers de
Jury trial, right to a
Kaskaskia, Illinois
Kay, William
Kentucky
King James Bible
King, Rufus
King William County, Virginia
Kings Mountain, South Carolina
Land grants
Laurens, Henry
Law profession
Lear, Tobias
Leatherwood plantation
Lee, Charles
Lee, Henry “Light Horse Harry”
Lee, Richard Henry
on declaring independence
on Mississippi navigation rights
on publicly supported religion
Left, the
Legislative vs. executive power
Letter to the Clergy of Virginia (Bland)
Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God, the Lord B—p of L—n, A (Carter)
Lewis and Clark expedition
Lewis, Charles
Lexington, Massachusetts, battle in
Liberty
asylum for
call to defend
career focused on, eulogy capturing Henry’s
emerging movement for
equal, hope for
as a gift from God
new id
eals of, slavery and
principle of, Henry’s early sensitivity to the
religious, activists for
rhetoric of, implicating slavery in the
true, loss of, triggers of the
and Virginia’s Declaration of Rights
“Liberty or Death” speech
Library Company of Philadelphia
Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, The (Sterne)
Limbaugh, David
Littlepage, James
Locke, John
“Log College”
Louis XVI, King of France
Louisa County, Virginia
Loyalists
Lutherans
Madison, Dolley
Madison, James
Articles of Confederation and
as Constitutional Convention delegate
on the debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution
deteriorating relationship with Henry
election to the U.S. Senate, Henry preventing
framing the U.S. Constitution
general assessment plan and
ideological purity of
Jay Treaty and
on the Mississippi treaty
as president
proposing amendments
religious freedom and
Republican Party of
response to the Alien and Sedition Acts
retirement from U.S. Congress
and separation of church and state
on slavery
in the U.S. House of Representatives, Henry’s efforts to prevent
Virginia Declaration of Rights and
Magdalen (British schooner)
Makemie, Francis
Malaria
Manumissions
See also Emancipation
Marshall, John
Martin, Joseph
Mary, Queen of England
Maryland
Maryland Gazette
Mason, George
position on the U.S. Constitution
Virginia Declaration of Rights and
Massachusetts
battles in
Boston Tea Party
massacre in
period of quiet in
Shays’ Rebellion in
Stamp Act and
Townshend Duties and
Massachusetts Government Act
Maury, James
Mayo, Bernard
Mazzei, Philip
Memorial and Remonstrance (Madison)
Mercer, George
Methodists
Military power, issue of
Militia Act
Militias
assembling for march on Williamsburg
called to defend Chesapeake Bay
following the war
Massachusetts
North Carolina
problems with
Virginia
See also Continental army
Mississippi
Mississippi River navigation rights
Monopoly
Monroe, James
Montgomery County, Virginia
Monticello estate
Moors
Morris, Samuel
Mount Vernon estate
Murray, John. See Dunmore, Governor
National military, issue of a
National vs. state power
See also Consolidated power, issue with
Nationalists
See also Federalists
Native Americans
British recruiting/inciting
calamity faced by, in Hanover County
conflicts with
control of
educating and civilizing, plan of
land taken from
relocating
Seven Years’ War and
Navigation Acts
Negro Foot (village)
Nelson, Thomas, Jr.
Nero
New England
See also Connecticut; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Light Christians
New London, Virginia
New Orleans port
New York
New York City, attack on
Nicholas, George
Nicholas, Robert Carter
Nonimportation agreements
Norfolk, Virginia
North African coast
North Carolina
Notes on the State of Virginia (Jefferson)
Obama, Barack
Ohio River Valley
“Olive Branch Petition”
Oliver, Andrew
Orange County, Virginia
Ottawa Indians
Paine, Thomas
Pamunkey Indians
Parliamentary authority
Parsons’ Cause
Patrick Henry College
Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence, and Speeches (W.W. Henry)
Patrick Henry Road, Hanover County
Patriotic career, eulogy capturing Henry’s
Paul, the apostle
Payne, John
Peace, Joseph
Pendleton, Edmund
Committee of Safety and
Pennsylvania
See also Philadelphia
Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity (Limbaugh)
Petersburg, Virginia
Philadelphia
battles around, Continental army’s defeat in
congressional assembly in
described
Pickering, Timothy
Pinckney, Thomas
Pleasants, Robert
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Poplar Forest plantation
Portsmouth, Virginia
Power
afforded to the president, concern over
balance of
of the Confederation
conflict of
consolidated, issue with
executive vs. legislative
judicial
military, issue of
national vs. state
to regulate commerce
senate, concern over
separation of
voting
wartime, need for
Powhatan
Prayer, day of, calls for
Presbyterians
President, office of
desire for Henry to run for
powers afforded to the, concern over
Press, freedom of the
Price, Thomas
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince William County, Virginia
Princeton, New Jersey
Privy Council
Propositions and Grievances Committee
Protestant Reformation
Protestants
Proverbs passage
Public credit, bolstering, plans for
Purcellville, Virginia
Puritans
Quakers
Quartering Act
Quebec Act
Race war, potential, concern over
Racism
Raleigh Tavern, Virginia
Randolph, Edmund
Randolph, John
Randolph, Peyton
Randolph, Richard
Reconciliation, push for
Red Hill estate
Reid, James
Religion
general assessment plan and
importance of, to Henry
national establishment of
publicly supported
republic needing, Henry’s belief in a
Seven Years’ War and
See also specific religious denominations, churches, and movements
Religious freedom
Religious persecution
Religious pluralism
Republic, ideal, Henry’s view of an
Republican ideology
Republican Party
Republicans
Republics, ancient. See Greek re
public; Roman republic
Revere, Paul
Revivalists
Revolutions. See American Revolution; French Revolution
Rhode Island
Rice, David
Richmond, Virginia
attack on
Right, the
Rights
explicit, amendments declaring, calling for
individual and state, respect for, plan for
Virginia’s declaration of
See also Bill of Rights
Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, The (Doddridge)
Roane, Spencer (son-in-law)
Robinson, John
Robinson, William
Roman Catholicism. See Catholics
Roman republic
Roundabout Creek property
Royal (governor’s) council
Runaway slaves
Rush, Benjamin
Saratoga, New York
Savannah, Georgia
Scotchtown plantation
Scots-Irish immigrants
Scottish immigrants
Secession threats
Second Continental Congress
Continental army and
declaring independence
delegates sent to the
Henry’s role in the
Virginia Committee of Safety and
See also Confederation Congress
Sedgwick, Theodore
Sedition Act
Senates. See U.S. Senate; Virginia Senate
Seneca Indians
Separation of church and state
Seven Islands plantation
Seven Years’ War
Shawnees
Shays’ Rebellion
Shelton, John (father-in-law)
Shelton, Sarah. See Henry, Sarah Shelton (1st wife)
Sherman, Roger
Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Wirt)
Slave laws
Slave trade
Slavery
abolition of
during Civil War era, opposition to
Constitutional Convention and
Continental Congress and
dependence on, Henry’s hope to reduce
early colonial period and
during the growing crisis with Britain
House of Burgesses and
implicating, in the rhetoric of liberty
negative effect of
in Philadelphia
Slaves
captured in battle, fate of
emancipating
owned by Henry
private manumissions of
recruiting/inciting
revolt by
runaway
taxing
treatment of
Smallpox
Smith, John Blair
Social programs, massive, issue of
“Sons of Liberty” organizations
South Carolina
Southside Virginia
Spain
alliance with
Mississippi River navigation rights and
Speech, freedom of, right to
Speeches (Henry’s)
memorable
myth surrounding
St. Andrew’s Day festival
St. John’s Church