Based on the excerpt provided, what is the main purpose of the speech?

Explanation:

Incomplete question. However, remembering that an excerpt represents a short s extraction of a full speech, music or film and the likes.

This represented the objective of the American war, and how it gave hope in the following years to a war-wearied people because they knew they were fighting for freedom.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.