Second Virginia Convention

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Virginia_Convention
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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second 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,_British_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5