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Washington and Virginians Shape Continental Push
The text profiles Virginia leaders Patrick Henry Richard Henry Lee and George Washington as pivotal in defining Virginia primacy in the move toward a continental congress. It notes Washington as a man of action not a politician and details debates over committees of correspondence and the shift from local protest to a continental organization led by Virginian influence.
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