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March 29: Virginia House of Burgesses passes the Virginia Resolves, seven resolutions that challenge the legality of the Stamp Act.
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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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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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“House of Burgesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/House%20of%20Burgesses. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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