...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...

...Henry's biographer, William Wirt: [Henry] 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. It was...

...denouncing the • Stamp Act, Patrick Henry shocked some of his fellow legislators and won over many others. Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third [at this point the cry "Treason!" arose from various members, including the Speaker of the House]—...

...gifted orator Patrick Henry implied that the colonies might be better off without George III. (His words "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George III . . ." were interrupted by cries of "Treason!") The Virginia General Assembly followed by passing...