15 read and answer the 2 questions  2.)    . . the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. . if we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. there is no retreat but in submission and slavery! our chains are forged! their clanking may be heard on the plains of boston! the war is inevitable—and let it come! i repeat it, sir, let it come! “. . gentlemen may cry peace, peace—but there is no peace. the war is actually begun! . our brethren are already in the field! why stand we here idle? what is it that gentlemen wish? . . is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? forbid it, almighty god! i know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! ” –speech to the second virginia convention, 1775 read the quote and then answer the question below. in this speech, patrick henry declares that a. the american colonies should be careful now b. war is unavoidable and he welcomes it c. an appeal to the british parliament is necessary d. liberty cannot be won by fighting2.)“whereas, since the close of the last war, the british parliament, claiming a power of right to bind the people of america, by statute in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies, established a board of commissioners with unconstitutional powers, and extended the jurisdiction of courts of admiralty, not only for collecting the said duties, but for the trial of causes merely arising within the body of a county. . ”read the excerpt and answer the question below. this excerpt stating the unconstitutionality of british revenue taxes on the american colonies in 1774 is a quotation from the .declaration of protest against the intolerable actsb. declaration of the first articles of confederationc. declaration of opposition to the stamp actd. declaration of the first continental congress