...unbearable when Henry shouted that the Stamp Act was tyrannical and then, with mounting emphasis, cried out: "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — " "Treason!" shouted the Speaker of the House. "And George the Third," finished Henry, "may he...

...resolutions opposing the Stamp Act. In making his case, Henry concluded with words that would be oft quoted. "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — here some of the delegates shouted, "Treason! Treason!" — "and George the Third," Henry repeated,...

...the House of Burgesses for rebellion against the conglomeration of taxes known as the Stamp Act — "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the first, his Cromwell, and George the third," he was reputed to have said, before cries of "Treason!" compelled him to calmer attitudes — three...

...tyranny of the obnoxious Act, that he exclaimed, in a voice of thunder, and with the look of a god, "Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the Speaker — 'treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House. —...

...Virginian politician, the young Patrick Henry, who back then had told the General Assembly of Virginia, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the first his Cromwell,...and George the Third may profit by their example." Parkes urged his audience to heed the example of the Cape colonists. It was time, he said, to advise...

...legislative members of the Virginia House of Burgesses in the crisis of 1775. When Henry proclaimed that "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third — ," his sequence prompted interrupting cries of "TREASON! " in the House. "And George the Third,"...

...obedience from the colonies. On this day, he went even further. Referring to the king, he proclaimed, "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the III ... "At that point, he was interrupted by shocked cries of "treason" from some of the burgesses.This...

...Burgesses] . . . . Henry pressed his resolutions in a speech which closed with the famous comparison: "Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his...third — may profit by their example. . . ." The resolutions passed the committee amidst an uproar unprecedented in that staid Assembly. The resolutions...

...blessed with a silver tongue. He launched the Virginia Resolves with a provocative speech that concluded: "Caesar had his Brutus— Charles the first, his Cromwell—...George the third — may profit by their example." When some conservative burgesses, appalled, raised cries of "Treason! Treason!" it is believed that...

...off the yoke of an intrusive, centralizing federal government by the North. What a Southerner Said "Caesar had his Brutus— Charles the First, his Cromwell—...and George the Third— may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." Patrick Henry Chapter 7 SOUTHERNERS CREATE AMERICA'S GOVERNMENT...