THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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Patrick Henry
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Thomas Jefferson
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Benjamin Franklin
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Samuel Adams
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Detailed explanation-1: -““The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American”.-Virginia Delegate Patrick Henry, at the First Continental Congress in Carpenters’ Hall, 1774.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the First Continental Congress, Patrick Henry, a delegate from Virginia, made the bold statement that “I am not a Virginian, I am an American". At the time of the congress, there were around 2.5 million people living in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry signaled the coming revolution when he spoke at a Virginia convention and allegedly implored: “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Detailed explanation-4: -How did Patrick Henry’s words “I am not a Virginian, but an American” symbolize the importance of the First Continental Congress? The First Continental Congress helped untie the Separate Colonies.
Detailed explanation-5: -PATRICK HENRY QUOTES “It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace! But there is no peace. The war is actually begun!