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February 1766 Richard Henry Lee drafts the Leedstown Resolves
February 27, 1766 Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, and William Lee sign the Leedstown Resolves at Old Bray’s Church (with more than 100 other men, including several brothers of Geroge Washington).
February 1766 Formation of the Westmoreland Association
1775 News of Lexington and Concord broke in Great Britain through Arthur Lee
June 7, 1776 Richard Henry Lee formally proposes independence from Great Britain in Congress Hall, Philadelphia.
1776 Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee sign the Declaration of Independence
1778 Arthur Lee signs the Treaty of Alliance with France, bringing the French openly into the war on the American side.
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