*[Patrick Henry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry "Patrick Henry")'s speech on the Virginia Resolves.* A series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses to protest the [Stamp Act of 1765](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765), during which [[Patrick Henry]] spoke so aggressively that some of the other Burgesses accused him of treason. Henry replied, "If this be treason, make the most of it."