PLEASE! I NEED HELP! QUICKLY, MULTIPLE CHOICE!"Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defense, the militia, is put into the hands of Congress?"
Patrick Henry made this statement in his speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention. The purpose of the speech was to explain why he opposed ratifying the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Why did Patrick Henry make this statement at the Virginia Ratifying Convention?
a. To support the idea that Congress would be better at managing a military than the people would
b. To support the idea that the people need a right to bear arms as a means of defending themselves
c. To emphasize the importance of state militias in international conflicts
d. To emphasize that Congress would be poor at managing a national military
