: the colonial representative assembly of Virginia
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March 29: Virginia House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves, seven resolutions that challenge the legality of the Stamp Act.—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 June 2025 His reputation as a lawyer is likely why leaders in his county selected him for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1765, wrote historian Richard R. Beeman in his 1974 biography of Henry.—Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
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