Richard Henry Lee introduced the resolution for independence to the second Continental Congress. It was call the Lee Resolution and introduced on June 7, 1776.
John Dickinson, a Founding Father, called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for Independence from Britain.
Patrick Henry
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Georgia
The Virginia Plan proposed that both houses of Congress would be based on population.
Richard Henry Lee
July 2, 1776 is when congress adopts resolution of independence.
The resolution was moved in congress by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia on instructions from that colony's legislature.
The resolution was offered by Richard Henry Lee, as spokesman for the Virginia delegation. (Advocates of such a resolution, esp. John Adams of Massachusetts, urged Virginia to offer the resolution as a means of garnering more support from the Southern colonies.)
John Dickinson, a Founding Father, called for a resolution in the Second Continental Congress for Independence from Britain.
Patrick Henry
It was Richard Henry Lee who introduced a resolution for independence. This occurred at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The motion was seconded by John Adams.
Richard Henry Lee was a delgate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress. He proposed a resolution that America declare its independence from Great Britain. On July 2, 1772, the Second continental Congrees adopted that resolution and 2 days later adopted the final form of the Declaration of Independence.
The resolution for independence was introduced in June 1776 by Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, during the Second Continental Congress. He proposed that the colonies should be free and independent states, leading to the eventual drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Lee's resolution was a pivotal moment in the push for American independence from British rule.
The First Continental Congress
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Richard Henry Lee