Henry was born in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia on May 29, 1736. His father was John Henry, an immigrant from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who had attended King's College, Aberdeen before immigrating to the Colony of Virginia in the 1720s.atrick Henry is perhaps best known for the speech he made in the House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775, in Saint John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Listen to  Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death .
Salary by State: Where Can You Really Earn the Most? It may appear that New York and California have the highest average salaries for your career â but once you factor in the cost of living, the picture quickly changes. Choose your occupation below to see which states really offer the best salaries. How to use this graph.
Each figure is a mean amount, so if wages seem a little high, you can probably blame disproportionally high salaries among each country's wealthiest. To put things in perspective, the U.S. has a mean monthly income of $4,240 according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Take a look at which Europeans are on a par with that. We've also included each nation's minimum wage, courtesy of the Federation of European Employees.