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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
Richard Henry Lee (Stratford Hall Plantation, 20 gennaio 1732 – Chantilly, 19 giugno 1794) è stato un politico statunitense. Venne eletto come sesto presidente del Congresso degli Stati Uniti, incarico che mantenne dal 30 novembre, 1784 al 22 novembre 1785. In questo incarico fu preceduto da Thomas Mifflin e gli succedette John ...
Richard Henry Lee (born Jan. 20, 1732, Stratford, Va. [U.S.]—died June 19, 1794, Chantilly, Va., U.S.) was an American statesman. Educated in England at Wakefield Academy, Lee returned to America in 1751 and served as a justice of the peace in Westmoreland county, Va.
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2 apr 2014 · Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia who made the motion, known as the Lee Resolution, for independence from Great Britain.
Uomo politico nordamericano (Stratford, Virginia, 1732 - Chantilly, Virginia, 1794), ebbe parte eminente nella Rivoluzione americana. Membro della Camera bassa della Virginia (1758-75), sostenne principî liberali e antischiavisti e fu contrario alla legge sul bollo (1765).
31 mag 2017 · Son of Thomas Lee, Richard Henry Lee pursued his father’s interest in westward expansion and was a key political figure during the American Revolution (1775–1783): it was Lee who, at the Second Continental Congress in 1776, made the motion to declare independence from Britain.
6 mar 2024 · Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) was an American politician from Virginia, who played a significant role in the American Revolution (1765-1789), particularly in the push for independence. A member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia, he served in the Second Continental Congress and, later, as a United States Senator.
