Virginia Convention

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The Virginia Convention was a revolutionary assembly of delegates in the Colony of Virginia that assumed governance from royal authorities and played a key role in leading the colony toward independence from Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial governing body ⓘ
provincial congress ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adoptedBy Fifth Virginia Convention ⓘ
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Fifth Virginia Convention ⓘ
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assumedFrom royal authorities in Virginia ⓘ
author George Mason ⓘ
country Colony of Virginia ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
famousQuote Give me liberty, or give me death! ⓘ
followedBy Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
gaveSpeechAt Second Virginia Convention ⓘ
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hasPart Fifth Virginia Convention ⓘ
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First Virginia Convention ⓘ
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Fourth Virginia Convention ⓘ
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Second Virginia Convention ⓘ
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Third Virginia Convention ⓘ
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language English ⓘ
location Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
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Virginia ⓘ
Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
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Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
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Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
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mainResolution adoption of the Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ
adoption of the first Virginia Constitution ⓘ
call for a Continental Congress ⓘ
call for raising and arming a militia ⓘ
further organization of revolutionary government in Virginia ⓘ
instructing Virginia delegates in Congress to propose independence ⓘ
nonimportation agreement against British goods ⓘ
organization of Virginia’s military forces ⓘ
notableSpeechBy Patrick Henry ⓘ
numberOfDistinctAssemblies 5 ⓘ
partOf American Revolution ⓘ
president Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
Peyton Randolph ⓘ
Peyton Randolph ⓘ
replaced House of Burgesses ⓘ
significantEvent movement toward independence from Britain ⓘ
significantRole transition from royal colony to independent state government in Virginia ⓘ
startTime 1774 ⓘ
August 1774 ⓘ
December 1775 ⓘ
July 1775 ⓘ
March 1775 ⓘ
May 1776 ⓘ

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Virginia Declaration of Rights → adoptedBy → Fifth Virginia Convention ⓘ
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Virginia Constitution of 1776 → adoptedBy → Virginia Convention of 1776 ⓘ
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Virginia Committee of Correspondence → dissolvedOrTransformedInto → Revolutionary conventions of Virginia ⓘ
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"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → deliveredTo → Second Virginia Convention ⓘ
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Thomas Nelson Jr. → memberOf → Virginia Convention ⓘ
Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia → designApprovedBy → Virginia Convention of 1776 ⓘ
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Virginia Committee of Safety → appointedBy → Virginia Convention ⓘ
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