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View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion, A
(Jenyns)

Vincennes (Illinois territory)

Virginia

attacks on

backcountry

Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in

civil war in

and collection of the Stamp Act

colonial government of

colonization of

committee of correspondence

currency in, tobacco as

declaring independence, debate over

final battle in

Great Awakening in

indebtedness and

interest in controlling the West

militias/military of

Parsons' Cause and

period of quiet in

population of

response to the Alien and Sedition Acts

secession threats and

Seven Years' War and

western frontiers of, opening up the, desire for

See also specific cities, locations, and institutions

Virginia Committee of Safety

Virginia Constitution

Virginia Conventions

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Virginia Gazette
(newspaper)

Virginia General Court

Virginia House of Burgesses

Boston Port Bill and

bribery case involving the

dissolution of the

Henry's ascension to the

Parsons' Cause and

reconvened

religious rights and

slavery and

Stamp Act and

Townshend Duties and

Virginia government and

Virginia House of Delegates

and the general assessment plan

Henry attacking Madison in the

Henry running again for the

investigation of Jefferson

power held by the

See also
Virginia legislature / assembly

Virginia Independent Chronicle
(newspaper)

Virginia legislature/assembly

land grant appeals and the

manumission of slaves permitted by

response to attacks on Virginia

response to Jefferson's resignation

voting for Henry as sixth governor

See also
Virginia House of Burgesses; Virginia House of Delegates; Virginia Senate

Virginia Resolution

Virginia Senate

Virtue

Volunteer army, issue with a

Voting power

Wabash Confederacy

WallBuilders organization

War of 1812

War on Terrorism

War, power to make

Ward, Artemas

Wartime powers, need for

Washington, George

Articles of Confederation and

bribery by

campaign to replace, as military commander

as commander of the Continental army

as Constitutional Convention delegate

as Continental Congress delegate

death of

efforts to recruit Henry to a national office

elected to the House of Burgesses

Federalist Party of

on Henry as a military commander

Henry supporting

indebtedness of

as land speculator

Mount Vernon estate of

national influence of

as a planter

political break from Madison

posthumous biographical treatment of

as president

on publicly supported religion

religious pluralism and

request for a national military

retirement of, from the army

retiring as president

Seven Years' War and

support for the U.S. Constitution

Townshend Duties and

Washington, Martha

Watson-Wentworth, Charles

Waxhaws, South Carolina

Wesley, John

West Point, New York

White, Alexander

Whitefield, George

William, King of England

Williamsburg, Virginia

Wirt, William

Witherspoon, John

Wolfe, James

Woodford, William

Wythe, George

Yazoo land grant

Yorktown, Virginia

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Patrick Henry : first among patriots / Thomas S. Kidd.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

eISBN : 978-0-465-02810-8

1. Henry, Patrick, 1736â1799. 2. VirginiaâPolitics and governmentâ1775â1783.

3. United StatesâPolitics and governmentâ1775â1783. 4. United Statesâ

Politics and governmentâ1783â1789. 5. LegislatorsâUnited StatesâBiography.

6. United States. Continental CongressâBiography. I. Title.

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