Thomas Jefferson v.s. Patrick Henry

The Declaration of Independence and the Speech in the Virginia Convention compare and contrast in content, format, and persuasive techniques. The content of the Declaration was to attack the King of Britain where as the Speech in the Convention was to attack the people of Britain. The format of Henry’s excerpt was that is was a speech and was not written down for a record. Jefferson had written a document to keep and save. …

…anyone. The Declaration of Independence and the Speech in the Virginia Convention were two impressive stories and could be recommended for excellence in format, content, and persuasive techniques. Jefferson and Henry were two great authors for the stories. Both sides showed great patriotism. It was the perfect time to read something about war while the current events of our own aren’t nice. The British better pray for life after the best persuades the colonists.