Virginia Convention

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colonial governing body provincial congress revolutionary assembly

The Virginia Convention was a revolutionary assembly of delegates in the Colony of Virginia that assumed governance from royal authorities and played a key role in leading the colony toward independence from Britain.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fifth Virginia Convention	3
Second Virginia Convention	2
First Virginia Convention	1
Fourth Virginia Convention	1
Third Virginia Convention	1
Patrick Henry	0
Virginia Declaration of Rights	0
Second Virginia Convention of March 1775	1
Virginia Constitution of 1776	0
Virginia Convention of 1776	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governing body ⓘ provincial congress ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adoptedBy	Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention
assumedFrom	royal authorities in Virginia ⓘ
author	George Mason ⓘ
country	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia
endTime	1776 ⓘ
famousQuote	"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech ⓘ surface form: Give me liberty, or give me death!
followedBy	Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
gaveSpeechAt	Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Virginia Convention
hasPart	Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Virginia Convention Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourth Virginia Convention Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Second Virginia Convention Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Third Virginia Convention
language	English ⓘ
location	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ St. John’s Church ⓘ surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia Virginia ⓘ Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
mainResolution	adoption of the Virginia Declaration of Rights ⓘ adoption of the first Virginia Constitution ⓘ call for a Continental Congress ⓘ call for raising and arming a militia ⓘ further organization of revolutionary government in Virginia ⓘ instructing Virginia delegates in Congress to propose independence ⓘ nonimportation agreement against British goods ⓘ organization of Virginia’s military forces ⓘ
notableSpeechBy	Patrick Henry ⓘ
numberOfDistinctAssemblies	5 ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
president	Edmund Pendleton ⓘ Peyton Randolph ⓘ Peyton Randolph ⓘ
replaced	House of Burgesses ⓘ
significantEvent	movement toward independence from Britain ⓘ
significantRole	transition from royal colony to independent state government in Virginia ⓘ
startTime	1774 ⓘ August 1774 ⓘ December 1775 ⓘ July 1775 ⓘ March 1775 ⓘ May 1776 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia Convention → adoptedBy → Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Virginia Constitution of 1776

this entity surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention

Virginia Convention → adoptedBy → Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Virginia Declaration of Rights

this entity surface form: Fifth Virginia Convention

Virginia Convention → gaveSpeechAt → Virginia Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Patrick Henry

this entity surface form: Second Virginia Convention