Second Virginia Convention

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Virginia_Convention_of_1775
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	March 20, 1775
gptkbp:endDate	March 27, 1775
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Third_Virginia_Convention
gptkbp:location	gptkb:St._John's_Church,_Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	gptkb:Patrick_Henry's_'Give_me_liberty,_or_give_me_death!'_speech
gptkbp:organizedBy	Virginia colonial leaders
gptkbp:participants	gptkb:George_Washington gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson gptkb:Edmund_Pendleton gptkb:Patrick_Henry gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison_V
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:First_Virginia_Convention
gptkbp:purpose	to discuss colonial response to British policies
gptkbp:result	call for raising a militia in Virginia appointment of George Washington as head of Virginia's military forces
gptkbp:significance	helped lead to the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Williamsburg,_Virginia,_United_States gptkb:Williamsburg,_Virginia,_British_America gptkb:Williamsburg,_Virginia_Colony
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Second Virginia Convention