![]() ![]() Patrick got married in 1754 to Sarah Shelton and started farming but the venture failed. At the age of fifteen, he began running a business under his father’s guidance but the venture became unprofitable. Patrick was enrolled for basic education at an early age although most of the learning was acquired from home where he was taught by relatives. He was the second born son of John Henry and Sarah Winston Syme in a family of nine. An excellent orator and a successful farmer, Henry’s influence was felt in pre and post-independent America. A well-educated lawyer and politician, Henry was a key figure in the events that led to American Revolution which began in 1775 leading to independence of America in 1776. Patrick Henry was one of the most accomplished American nationalists who influenced the country's independence and shaped the history of the nation. ![]()
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