1699/00/00 |
Virginia House of Burgesses |
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Virginia House of Burgesses begins convening in Williamsburg. |
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1765/05/29 |
Patrick Henry |
Patriot |
Patrick Henry makes a speech before the Virginia House of Burgesses in favor of the Virginia Resolves: "Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I his Cromwell, and George III may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." |
The Stamp Act |
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1765/05/30 |
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House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves, 4 resolutions denouncing the Stamp Act since, according to British law, people are subject to taxation only by a parliament to which themselves have elected representatives. |
The Stamp Act |
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1776/05/00 |
Archibald Cary |
Chairman |
Virginia Convention instructs Virginia's delegates to the Second Continental Congress to propose a declaration of independence. |
Lee Resolution |
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Fifth Virginia Convention |
1776/05/06 |
Isaac Zane |
Representative |
Fifth Virginia Convention |
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Fifth Virginia Convention |
1776/06/12 |
Archibald Cary |
Committee Member |
Virginia Declaration of Rights adopted |
Virginia Declaration of Rights |
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Fifth Virginia Convention |
1776/06/12 |
George Mason |
Principal author |
Virginia Declaration of Rights adopted |
Virginia Declaration of Rights |
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Fifth Virginia Convention |
1781/09/14 |
George Washington |
American Commander in Chief |
Washington and Rochambeau arrive in Williamsburg and prepare for the arrival of the army. According to one witness, "No man ever greeted his mistress with more joy than did Lafayette and Washington greet each other." |
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Leading to the Siege of Yorktown |
1781/09/14 |
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur |
French General |
Washington and Rochambeau arrive in Williamsburg and prepare for the arrival of the army. According to one witness, "No man ever greeted his mistress with more joy than did Lafayette and Washington greet each other." |
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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route |
1781/09/14 |
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur |
French General |
Washington and Rochambeau arrive in Williamsburg and prepare for the arrival of the army. According to one witness, "No man ever greeted his mistress with more joy than did Lafayette and Washington greet each other." |
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Leading to the Siege of Yorktown |
1781/09/14 |
George Washington |
American Commander in Chief |
Washington and Rochambeau arrive in Williamsburg and prepare for the arrival of the army. According to one witness, "No man ever greeted his mistress with more joy than did Lafayette and Washington greet each other." |
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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route |
1927/01/05 |
Perry, Shaw and Hepburn |
Architect |
Perry, Shaw, Hepburn begin the restoration of Williamsburg |
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1928/00/00 |
Arthur Shurcliff |
Landscape Architect |
Chief landscape architect for the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, 1928-1941 |
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1946/03/08 |
Dwight D Eisenhower |
Visitor |
Clementine, Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie, travel by train to Williamsburg and tour Colonial Williamsburg in a horse-drawn carriage. |
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Winston Churchill's 1946 American Tour |
1946/03/08 |
Winston Churchill |
Visitor |
Clementine, Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie, travel by train to Williamsburg and tour Colonial Williamsburg in a horse-drawn carriage. |
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Winston Churchill's 1946 American Tour |
1946/03/08 |
Clementine Hozier Churchill |
Visitor |
Clementine, Churchill, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie, travel by train to Williamsburg and tour Colonial Williamsburg in a horse-drawn carriage. |
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Winston Churchill's 1946 American Tour |