The colonial assembly of Virginia met here and enacted laws. It was here Patrick Henry, in a speech ending "Caesar had his Brutus-- Charles the first his Cromwell-- and George III -- may he profit from their example", denounced the Stamp Act (1765), thereby becoming famous throughout the colonies.
The colonial assembly of Virginia met here and enacted laws. It was here Patrick Henry, in a speech ending "Caesar had his Brutus-- Charles the first his Cromwell-- and George III -- may he profit from their example", denounced the Stamp Act (1765), thereby becoming famous throughout the colonies.