Virginia Colonial Leaders
Virginia politician
Virginia politicians shaped early American self-governance through the House of Burgesses. Leaders like Peyton Randolph, George Mason, and Thomas Jefferson resisted British taxation, articulated foundational human rights, and spearheaded the movement toward colonial independence.
People
Birth
Death
Origin
Age (Death)
| 1721 | |
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| 1725 | |
| 1732 | |
| 1732 | |
| 1734 | |
| 1736 | |
| 1743 |
Timeline
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| Element |
| Year | Virginia politician |
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| 1721 |
Birth of Peyton Randolph (Period: September 10, 1721, Location: Williamsburg, present-day Virginia)
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| 1725 |
Birth of George Mason IV (Period: December 11, 1725, Location: Mason Neck, present-day Fairfax County, Virginia)
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| 1732 |
Birth of Richard Henry Lee (Period: January 20, 1732, Location: Around Montross, in present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia)
Birth of George Washington (Period: February 22, 1732, Location: Around Colonial Beach, in present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia)
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| 1734 |
Birth of Francis Lightfoot Lee (Period: October 14, 1734, Location: Around Montross, in present-day Westmoreland County, Virginia)
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| 1736 |
Birth of Patrick Henry (Period: May 29, 1736, Location: Present-day Hanover County, Virginia, United States)
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| 1743 |
Birth of Thomas Jefferson (Period: April 13, 1743 (April 2 in the Julian calendar), Location: Near Charlottesville, Virginia)
Birth at Shadwell (Period: April 13, 1743, Location: Shadwell, Colony of Virginia)
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| 1744 |
Assuming office as Attorney General of Colonial Virginia (Peyton Randolph)
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| 1748 |
Beginning of Activities as a Surveyor
Assuming office as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (Peyton Randolph)
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| 1750 |
Marriage (George Mason IV, Ann Eilbeck)
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| 1752 |
Commission in the Virginia Militia
Participation in the Ohio Company
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| 1753 |
Despatch as Envoy to the French Forces
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| 1754 |
French and Indian War
Battle of Jumonville Glen
Battle of Fort Necessity
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| 1755 |
Braddock Expedition
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| 1757 |
Marriage (Richard Henry Lee, Anne Aylett)
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| 1758 |
Election as Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (George Washington)
Assuming office as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (Richard Henry Lee)
Assuming office as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (Francis Lightfoot Lee)
Assuming office as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses (George Mason IV)
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| 1759 |
Marriage (George Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis)
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| 1760 |
Education at the College of William & Mary
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| 1765 |
Stamp Act opposition
Stamp Act Crisis
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| 1766 |
Signing of the Westmoreland Resolution
Assuming office as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses (Peyton Randolph)
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| 1767 |
Beginning of practice as a lawyer
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| 1768 |
Beginning of construction of Monticello
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| 1769 |
First election to the Virginia House of Burgesses
Marriage (Francis Lightfoot Lee, Rebecca Plater Tayloe)
Marriage (Richard Henry Lee, Anne Gaskins Pinkard)
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| 1770 |
Plantation management at Menokin
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| 1772 |
Marriage (Thomas Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton)
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| 1773 |
Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence
Writing of "Extracts from the Virginia Charters"
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| 1774 |
Participation in the Virginia Conventions and Continental Congresses
Establishment of the Continental Association
Participation in the Continental Congress
Participation in the Virginia Conventions
Fairfax Resolves
First Virginia Convention
First Continental Congress
Assuming office as President of the First Continental Congress (Peyton Randolph)
Resignation as President of the First Continental Congress (Peyton Randolph)
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| 1775 |
Assuming office as a delegate to the Continental Congress (Francis Lightfoot Lee)
Third, Fourth, and Fifth Virginia Conventions
Second Virginia Convention
Second Continental Congress
Re-election as President of the Second Continental Congress
Assuming Position as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (George Washington)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
Death of Peyton Randolph
Death in Philadelphia
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| 1776 |
New York and New Jersey Campaign
Becoming the primary author of the American Declaration of Independence
Signing of the American Declaration of Independence
Activities as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Drafting of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Drafting of the Declaration of Independence
Drafting of the Virginia Constitution
Lee Resolution (Resolution for Independence)
Introduction of the Lee Resolution
Adoption of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Adoption of the American Declaration of Independence
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Crossing of the Delaware River and Attack on Trenton
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| 1777 |
Drafting of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Signing of the Articles of Confederation
Establishment of the Articles of Confederation
Thanksgiving Proclamation by the Continental Congress
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| 1778 |
Assuming office as a member of the Virginia State Senate (Francis Lightfoot Lee)
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| 1779 |
Assuming office as Governor of Virginia (Thomas Jefferson)
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| 1780 |
Marriage (George Mason IV, Sarah Brent)
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| 1781 |
Yorktown Campaign
British invasion of Virginia and evacuation from the Governor’s Palace
Victory at Yorktown and Cornwallis’s Surrender
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| 1783 |
Recognition of American Independence via the Treaty of Paris
Return to Mount Vernon
Resignation as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (George Washington)
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| 1784 |
Assuming office as Minister to France (Thomas Jefferson)
Assuming office as President of the Continental Congress (Richard Henry Lee)
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| 1785 |
Minister to France
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| 1787 |
Publication of "Objections to the Constitution"
President of the Constitutional Convention
Participation in the Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention
Refusal to sign the United States Constitution
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| 1788 |
Virginia Ratifying Convention
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| 1789 |
Political influence on the United States Bill of Rights
Assuming office as United States Senator (Richard Henry Lee)
Inauguration as the First President of the United States (George Washington)
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| 1790 |
Assuming office as Secretary of State (Thomas Jefferson)
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| 1791 |
Whiskey Rebellion
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| 1792 |
Death of George Mason IV
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| 1794 |
Conclusion of the Jay Treaty
Death of Richard Henry Lee
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| 1796 |
Publication of the Farewell Address (Retirement (George Washington) Speech (George Washington))
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| 1797 |
Assuming office as Vice President of the United States (Thomas Jefferson)
Death of Francis Lightfoot Lee
Death
Retirement from the Presidency (George Washington)
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| 1798 |
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
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| 1799 |
Death of Patrick Henry
Death of George Washington
Death at Mount Vernon (George Washington)
Death at Mount Vernon
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| 1800 |
Presidential Election of 1800 (Thomas Jefferson)
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| 1801 |
First Barbary War
Assuming office as the 3rd President of the United States (Thomas Jefferson)
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| 1803 |
Louisiana Purchase
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| 1804 |
Dispatch of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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| 1807 |
Embargo Act of 1807
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| 1809 |
Retirement from the Presidency (Thomas Jefferson)
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| 1810 |
Founding of the University of Virginia
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| 1826 |
Death of Thomas Jefferson
Death on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
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| Unknown |
Marriage (Peyton Randolph, Elizabeth Harrison, Period: March 8, 1746 (1745/46 Old Style), Location: Colony of Virginia, around Berkeley in Charles City County)
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