...sentiment of union. Patrick Henry, the most eloquent member, finely expressed this feeling when he said, "The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American." Drifting toward War. — During the winter following the meeting of the First Continental Congress,...

...became life-long friends. One day, when speaking in favor of united action, Patrick Henry declared: "The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American." As Patrick Henry talked with men from other colonies and heard how the king's troops were acting at...

...the ringing tones of your great orator, Patrick Henry, declaring to the first Continental Congress, "The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American." ******* So I say that the sentiment manifested by your presence here, brethren of Virginia, sitting...

...New Yorker, known on the continent, but all of us Americans'. Nine years later, Patrick Henry orated, 'The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American. ... All distinctions are thrown down. All America is thrown into one mass.' Despite these paeans of...

...wherein he said, "All America is thrown into one mass. Where are your landmarks, your boundaries of colonies ? The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American." If ever there was a man entitled to be heard in support of what he believed to be the right thing,...

...Henry, nine years later, declared to the Continental Congress that "the distinctions between Virginians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more, I am not a Virginian, but an American," he was, as usual, exaggerating for rhetorical effect. Nevertheless, if such a goal had not yet been...

...willing to submit to the majority. Mostly, he wanted the delegates to appreciate their new circumstances. "The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. "I am not a Virginian but an American." Henry's declaration was appealing and visionary, but it didn't carry the day. Two fellow delegates...

...that by Parliamentary oppression government was dissolved. "We are in a state of nature, sir. . . . The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American." 7 Perhaps these lofty sentiments accelerated American nationalism; certainly they were recalled in...

...cited Patrick Henry's famous declaration at the First Continental Congress in the fall of 1774 that "the distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American."" But few Americans managed to shed their provincial identities and acquire a new national one sn. quickly....

...cited Patrick Henry's famous declaration at the First Continental Congress in the fall of 1774 that the "distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians,...are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American." But it would be at least two further generations before most Americans, including Henry, would give...