Topic: Richard Henry Lee
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The decision on to break away from England had been coming for a...
Lee, Francis Lightfoot (1734-1797), a Revolutionary War statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Westmoreland...
Lee, Francis Lightfoot (1734-1797), a Revolutionary War statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, a brother of Richard Henry Lee and a cousin of ?Light-Horse Harry? Lee.
Jan. 20, 1732, Stratford, Va. [U.S.]-d. Educated in England at Wakefield Academy, Lee returned to America in 1751 and served as a justice of the peace in Westmoreland county, Va. Lee opposed arbitrary British policies at the time of the ...
Declaration of Independence, in U.S. history, document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. It explained why the Congress on July 2 "unanimously ...
