during the towns and duty debates -- towns end duty debates and during the , debates about the boston pork bill, which happened as an answer to the boston tea party, that would lead to this assembly being dismissed by the royal governor. real governors had that power at this time. it was determined they had to close the port of boston. they adopted something that seems mild to us, a day of resolution, fasting and prayer. the governor said only the king, the head of the church of england or his representative in the colony could do such a thing. he dismissed the house, which played into the hands of the virginians. shortly thereafter they pointed out that the house had not passed the fee schedule to allow the courts to meet, or allow the militia to meet. the governor himself deciding he personally had to go out to fight the shawnee, they started meeting as conventions of the people of virginia. the first one would go ahead and send george washington and edmund pendleton and patrick hindery the first continental congress where the speaker would be elected as the first president of the continental

as a matter of fact, during the townsend duty debates as well as during the debates about the boston pork bill which happened as a parliamentary answer to the boston tea party as we call it now a days, well that would lead to this assembly being dismissed by the royal governor because royal governors had that power at this time. it termed out that it was determine that had they had to mark the port of boston, so they marked a day of fasting, and prayer. but the governor said only the king, head of the church of england, could do such a thing and he dismissed the house. which played into the hands of the virginians. they pointed out that the house had not passed the fee schedule that allowed the courts or militia to meet. and virginians started meeting as conventions of the people of virginia. the first one that met on this spot would send george washington and edmond pendleton and patrick henry up to the first continental congress where the speaker of this body, payton randolph, would be elected as the first president of the continental congress. and they would continue to meet as conventions

debates, and during the debates about the boston pork bill, which happened as an ,nswer to the boston tea party that would lead to this assembly being dismissed by the royal governor. they had that power at this time. tos was determined they had close the port of boston. they had a resolution for a day of fasting and prayer. ,he governor said only the king the head of the church of england or his representative in the colony could do such a thing . he dismissed the house, which played into the hands of the virginians. they pointed out that the house had not passed a schedule to allow the courts to meet, or allow the militia to meet. with the governor himself deciding he personally had to go out to fight the shawnee, they started meeting as conventions of the people of virginia. the first would go ahead and and george washington patrick hindery the first continental congress where the elected as thee first president of the continental congress. the second met in richmond but it would be the fifth virginia convention meeting on this spot in 1776, it would adopt the virginia resolution f