Question

Select the correct text in the passage.

Which
sentence in this excerpt from Patrick Henry's famous "liberty or death" speech at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775 emphasizes the
American colonists efforts to avoid war?
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention
by Patrick Henry (excerpt)
Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could
be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We
have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne,
and have implored its
interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.
Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced
additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the
throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope.
If we wish
free-if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending-if we mean not basely to
to be abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious the God of hosts is all that is left
object of our contest shall be obtainedwe must fightti I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to
us!
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Answer 1

let us not, I beseech you,sir, deceive ourselves. Sir,we have done everything that could

Answer 2

The sentence in Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech that emphasizes the American colonists' efforts to avoid war is "In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation." Here option C is correct.

In this sentence, Henry laments the ineffectiveness of the colonists' previous attempts to seek peaceful resolutions.

He conveys a sense of disappointment and loss of hope, suggesting that despite their petitions, remonstrances, and supplications, the prospects for peace and reconciliation have diminished. This expression of futility highlights the gravity of the situation and sets the stage for Henry's assertion that the only remaining option is to fight for freedom.

The preceding sentences detail the colonists' peaceful efforts and the subsequent dismissals and contempt they faced, making this sentence a pivotal point in the speech where the call to arms becomes inevitable. Here option C is correct.

Complete question:

Which sentence in Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech emphasizes the American colonists' efforts to avoid war?

A) "Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves."

B) "Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult."

C) "In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation."

D) "If we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending."