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Virginia Leadership and the Move Toward Independence
Continued account of colonial leaders drafting resolutions in May 1776 calling for independence, with Patrick Henry Meriwether Smith and Samuel Nelson backing a declaration to sever ties with Britain. The statehouse flag fell, bells rang, and guns fired as Virginia signaled a new government. Richard Henry Lee later moved Congress to declare independence and pursue confederation with foreign allies.
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