Read the excerpt from "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry.
Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
How does Henry’s use of the words "bind” and "chains” support his purpose in this excerpt?
They emphasize that the colonists feel like they are imprisoned under British rule.
They explain why the British are planning to go to war with the colonists.
They show that the colonists have been negotiating with the British for a long time.
They reveal that the colonists are unwilling to compromise with the British.
