jan 1, 1774 - Fairfax County Gathering and Resolutions

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"The House of Burgesses requested that the citizens of Virginia hold a meeting to adopt a set of resolutions that represented the rights of freemen. Washington was appointed as one of seven representative delegates to attend a general meeting in Williamsburg. The Fairfax Resolves, as they were known, were among 'the most detailed, influential, and most radical.'"

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