York / Paris / Charles City / Philadelphia / Concord / Richmond / New York City / Yorktown / Boston / New York / Norfolk / Lexington / London / /
Company
British East India Company / Virginia’s Northern Neck (the area between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers) and son / War / Lee-Wythe / /
Continent
America / Europe / North America / /
Country
France / Canada / United Kingdom / United States / Ireland / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / Person Travel / /
Facility
Boston Harbor / The College of William / Williamsburg’s Raleigh Tavern / Queen County Courthouse / Carpenter’s Hall / Stratford Hall / College of William / To shed / Cambridge University / Trinity College / Boston’s harbor / /
Holiday
Thanksgiving / /
IndustryTerm
man / brother-in-law / finance / revenue law / martial law / paint / real estate ventures / /
Indies / Potomac river / Ohio River / James River-York River / Ohio River Valley / Hudson river / James River / York River / East river / Pamunkey river / Ohio Valley / Rappahannock river / Chesapeake Bay / York River valleys / Mattaponi River / /
Organization
James-York River planter / First / Cambridge University / College of William & Mary / Virginia militia / house of representatives / Committee of the Whole / 2nd Virginia Regiment / Virginia State Society of DSDI Richmond / First and Second Continental Congresses / American Congress / American navy / Committee of Secret Correspondence / Army / navy / St. Christopher’s School / Committee of Foreign Affairs / Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence / Wakefield Academy / Continental Army / Harrison / Trinity College / House of Burgesses / 1st Virginia Regiment / Lower Virginia Militia / Committee of Safety / American army / Board of War / Congress / York County militia / Virginia Association / Virginia Council / Henry’s militia / Committee of the Marine / American militia / Virginia State Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration / Continental Association / Cambridge University in England / St. John’s Church / /
Person
Richard Henry Lee / Lawrence M. Croft / Carter Braxton / Patrick Henry / Benjamin Rush / James-York River planter / Alexander Spotswood / John Adams / Arthur / George Washington / Thomas Gage / Richard Bland / George Mason / John Murray / Richard Henry / Thomas Jefferson / Edmund Pendleton / Clifford R. Dickinson / Francis Lightfoot Lee / Thomas Nelson / Jr. / Thomas Webb / Martha / Georg Wythe / George III / Benjamin Harrison / Sam Adams / Williamsburg / Thomas Nelson / Francis Lightfoot / Robinson Affair / Earl Dunmore / John Robinson / James Wilson / William Fairfax / James Madison / R. Bruce W. Laubach / Edmund Randolph / Edward Braddock / Robert Dinwiddie / George Wythe / Peyton Randolph / /
Position
chief officer / guard / President / chief executive / Vice-President General / royal governor / aide to Major General Edward Braddock / legal counsel for George Washington / independent executive / General / player / secretary / chairman of the Canada expedition committee / family tutor / king / House speaker / eloquent speaker / rider and excellent dancer / brilliant writer / representative / history teacher and scholar / again elected president / speaker / politician / Lt. Governor / lieutenant colonel / Carpenter / Colonel / initial commander / Governor / chairman / correspondent / commander / overall commander / lawyer / Major General / commander of British forces / long-time history teacher and scholar / suppressing ex-governor / delegate / /
Product
Suffolk Resolves / /
ProvinceOrState
Quebec / Virginia / Gloucester County / New York / Piedmont / Albemarle County / Georgia / Maryland / America / King William County / Charles City County / York County / Pennsylvania / Westmoreland County / Massachusetts / /
Region
East India / western Pennsylvania / northern Virginia / New England / West Indies / British America / /
FOREWORD The original thirteen American colonies faced an enormous challenge in coming to agreement on declaring independence from Britain. Each colony had its own separate issues. For numerous reasons that will be dis