Richard Bland

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Richard Bland was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and influential patriot leader who played a key role in articulating colonial constitutional rights before the American Revolution.

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instanceOf American patriot
member of the Virginia gentry
person
planter
politician
authorOf An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies NERFINISHED
birthDate 1710-05-06
birthPlace Prince George County, Virginia NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain NERFINISHED
deathDate 1776-10-26
deathPlace Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED
describedAs influential patriot leader in colonial Virginia
educatedAt College of William & Mary NERFINISHED
University of Edinburgh
ethnicGroup English American NERFINISHED
familyName Bland NERFINISHED
father Richard Bland Sr. NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork colonial constitutional law
political theory
givenName Richard
hasNotableRelative John Randolph of Roanoke NERFINISHED
Theodorick Bland NERFINISHED
knownFor articulating colonial constitutional rights before the American Revolution
early defense of American rights as British subjects
languageSpoken English
memberOf Virginia House of Burgesses NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty patriot faction in colonial Virginia politics
mother Elizabeth Randolph NERFINISHED
notableWork An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies NERFINISHED
occupation lawyer
planter
political writer
politician
opposed Parliamentary taxation without representation
participantIn Stamp Act crisis
pre-Revolutionary political debates in Virginia
positionHeld burgess
delegate to the Continental Congress
member of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence
publicationDate 1766
region Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism NERFINISHED
residence Jordan's Point, Virginia NERFINISHED
spouse Anne Poythress NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Randolph NERFINISHED
supported colonial rights within the British Empire
timePeriod 18th century

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