The likely audience patrick henry's speech is intended for is a) british soldiers. b) american indians . c) american colonists. d) french mercenaries.

Your answer would be C). American Colonists

Explanation:

The reason why answer choice "C). American colonists" would be the correct answer is because when Patrick Henry was presenting this speech, he was talking to people who were American Colonists. This speech, known as the "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech was presented by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775. The primary goal of this speech for him was to encourage American Colonists to send out troops to fight the British in the American Revolutionary War. The reason why he wanted to encourage colonists to send out troops to fight the British is because he believed that America should be independent from Great Britain, and that they shouldn't have to be controlled, even when they're on their own land in their own colony. In this speech, Patrick Henry acknowledges the people in the convention, and that was in Virginia, people who were American Colonists. He also mentions the President in this speech, who was also an American Colonist. This is the reason why answer choice "C" would be the correct answer.

Why the other answer choices are incorrect:

The reason why answer choice "A) British soldiers" is incorrect because:

This speech was meant to be against the British Soldiers and has nothing ot do with British Soldiers. This speech was pretty much talking about how they should send American soldiers to fight the British soldiers in order to be independent from Great Britain. This is the reason why this answer choice would be incorrect.

The reason why answer choice "B) American Indians " is incorrect because:

The American Colonists during the American Revolution didn't seek help for the "American Indians," which are actually known as the Native Americans. The Natives and Colonist did not have a good relationship with each other, therefore the American Colonists didn't include anything that they needed from the Native Americans in the speech. This is the reason why this answer choice would be incorrect.

The reason why answer choice "D) French mercenaries." is incorrect because:

This speech has absolutely nothing to do with French mercenaries. Patrick Henry did not want to give a speech to the French mercenaries because he felt that they would do nothing to help them become independent from Great Britain, in which he would have to convince his own colony that he's apart of in order to fight the British. This is the reason why this answer choice would be incorrect.

the northwest ordinance of 1787 guaranteed basic rights for settlers and banned slavery there.