Leedstown Resolutions
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title:
Leedstown Resolutions
text:
On February 27, 1766, ten years before the American Declaration of Independence was published, a declaration was made in Leedstown, in what is now the U.S. state of Virginia, known as the Leedstown Resolutions, also known as the Leedstown Resolves, Westmoreland Resolves, Westmoreland Association, and the Northern Neck Declaration. The resolutions were against enforcement of the British Stamp Act 1765. A plaque commemorating the declaration in Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia reads:
At Le
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Resolutions against the British Stamp Act
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leedstown_Resolutions
date created:
2022-11-27T06:16:51Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T16:44:14Z
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