(4) Base Camp

We'll shoot straight, Patrick Henry-style. The toughest part about this speech is the archaic language: the language they used back in the 18th century was a little over-the-top. (Also, there's some posturing before Henry gets to his point…but you are, after all, reading a political speech.)

If you can get past these issues, you're home free. The ideas in the speech aren't all that complicated. Henry's basically saying, "Hey. Diplomacy's failed. Britain's gunning for us, so we'd better gun back."