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 of the people of virginia. the second one met up in richmond where patrick henry gave his famous give me liberty or give me death speech. but it would be the fifth meeting that they would adopt the virginia resolution for independence. and that resolution for independence stated that the people of virginia were now separate and independent of the crown and parliament of great britain. but having dissolved the ties to the old government, he they went on to say that there must be a new constitution, that would be the first written american constitution written after independence, and that if the purpose of government was to ensure rights and liberties, they determined that they would also have to come up with a declaration of rights. that would be the first american bill of rights. and th