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Richard Henry Lee (* 20. Januar 1732 auf der Stratford-Hall-Plantage, Colony of Virginia; † 19. Juni 1794 in Chantilly, Virginia) war der sechste Präsident des Kontinentalkongresses und ist als Unterzeichner der Verfassung der Vereinigten Staaten einer der Gründerväter der Vereinigten Staaten.
27 de oct. de 2023 · Date of Birth: Richard Henry Lee was born on January 20, 1732, at his family’s home, Stratford Hall, in Stratford, Virginia. Parents: Lee’s parents were Colonel Thomas Lee and Hanna Harrison Hudwell Lee. His father was the Royal Governor of Virginia from 1733–1750. Siblings: His brother, Francis Lightfoot Lee, was also a Founding Father ...
Richard Henry Lee was a patriot, Anti-Federalist, and statesman from his “country,” Virginia. He led the charge for independence in 1776 and was a powerful figure in Virginia political life. He served one term as president of the Continental Congress and was elected a United States Senator from Virginia immediately after the ratification of ...
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8 de feb. de 2022 · On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, introduced this resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the American colonies. In the early 1770s, more and more colonists became convinced that the British Parliament intended to take away their freedom. After fighting broke out in Massachusetts in the spring of ...
Richard Lee I (c. 1618 – 1 March 1664) was an English-born merchant, planter and politician who was the first member of the Lee family to live in America. Poor when he arrived in the colony of Virginia in 1639, Lee may have been both the colony's wealthiest inhabitant and as its largest landholder by the time of his death, owning 15,000 acres (23 sq mi) in Virginia and Maryland.
13 de sept. de 2021 · Richard Henry Lee was a part of Adams’ network, and employed the same sort of tactics against the Stamp Act in the 1760s. In September 1765 he dressed his slaves up in “Wilkes costume” and marched them to Montross for a staged ceremony in which the stamp collector was hanged in effigy. Lee himself played the role of the condemned man, and ...
