hey goes there trace and that's what could you make a trees a little quieter people start to stop and stare not mike treason our house of burgesses is on the break of declaring war with england and you care about making it down man. what is your --? no what the government intent? what is this your posting? huh? my post if you find it so onerous, i'm simply a junior clark and i do as mr. with commands, but that doesn't mean i agree with this and i don't

care who knows it. this house being deeply impressed with the apprehension of the great dangers to be derived to british america from the hospital invasion of the city hospital invasion. i'm beat on those commerce and harvard on the first day of june to be stopped by an armed force be my highly necessary that the set first thing you set a part of the day of fasting humiliation and pray. right what is trees it's about prayer the king or the governor. can proclaim such days the houses you surfing his authority to support him out of criminals who through tear into boston harbor criminal. you say i say american patriots standing up for their rights is freeborn bricks. who disguise themselves indian warriors and destroyed private property properly that was being taxed unfairly? no taxation without representation. i say those men are hero a

heroes or criminals. it does seem a bit unfair to close the whole harbor for the actions of a few, huh. it's not just the poor park even think about it. the entire civil government was removed in massachusetts red coach patrol this tree exactly. do we want to see that here in virginia? we must work with the king and the governor to ensure that they know we are. honorable subjects dedicated to working toward a peaceable solution not to call for their eyes but a day of fasting humiliation in prayer exactly what cromwell declared before his revolution. those men are working from his plan. i know what to be true trees and i say progress i say let king george noe to me is healing not children quarreling with their father, but men standing up for justice. it's about a timer for genius understand government is too busy with the war in the ohio country to worry about going from the house and all the metaphor, right? we have a fort we have a harbor we have tea we're gonna make a standalone. a gentleman seems you might have spoken too soon. is that not the governor approaching?

and headed towards the capital some of us have warned them about what eminent prayer what is so important what happens when the king and his governor tread on the rights. never do nothing james be careful help care medic still the governor. stop the carrots. george has been those broadsides. block return to your closest captain foodius session that should be recorded for posterity. dutchman drive on wow, virginia

diner with many of you may be thinking. what does this have to do with me? with my home with my business. well your homes and your businesses are being taxed as unfairly as any bostonian. let me remind you that lord north the king's right hand has seen victor pronounce the parliament and he would not hear the complaint of america not massachusetts friends, but america until she were at his feet i ask you my neighbors is the place for an american and an englishman's feet. no, i should say not not at his feet sir. but i decide as loyal subjects to our king we have grievances to be sure but the answer must not be flying in the face of royal authority. governor won't close our ports of remove our company.

it's unthinkable. it's not unthinkable think of all the coercions and intelligence that have impressed upon boston and massachusetts that could happen to anyone of these new colonies now, we need to band together and declare like those on delivery in the north that we we shall fight for our right? people love williamsburg. subjects. oh, there's most gracious majesty king george the third. hey he i stand before you of extinct troubled man. example before you will betrayed man. the trade as you have been betrayed. and his right good people. you have been betrayed. by the very men that you yourselves elected to be your voice in government. on the 16th night of december last 17 and 73 traitors men

disguised as indians did in the dead of night and in the port of boston bought three ships of the east india company. once aboard they cast. read 42 chests of tea what some 10,000 pounds sterling into the sea. in order to prevent but such offense attacks upon price property. parliament with his majesty's blessing will of necessity close boston harbor until the tea is paid for to be affected on the first day of june but six days, hence. but the crimes of peace killed named. sons of liberty are of nobody to us here in virginia?

from punishment for those crimes has been attended. the king's justice has been served. yet your burgesses. do not agree. d. yo burgesses have adopted a resolution for a day of fasting humiliation and prayer in sympathy for those destroyers of property and want and lawbreakers in boston. now somebody asked what harm maybe known by a call for --? what's possible a front maybe taken by a recommendation for a day of fasting? i declare to you that such a call is not benign it is a call for allegiance with fools and traitors. it is the most base and director front to his majesty's authority. beef burgesses. no all too. well the day so fasting and

prayer may only be decreed by his majesty. or here in this colony by myself his appointed executive. and yet in some dangerous. come to illusion. these burgesses have ordained themselves proclaimers. i hold in my hand. of paper published by this house conceived in such terms that's reflect. so greatly upon his majesty and the parliament of great britain. that requires me. to dissolve them and i therefore dissolve your house of burgesses accordingly. god save the king the judgmented

ladies we have been dissolved. and we will accordingly remove ourselves from this house. we serve at the pleasure of his excellency and it is our duty to obey governor dunmore the king's voice here in virginia what can be done but i argue. that we have an even greater duty. and that is to you good people. you elected us to represent you and your interests the right of representation flows through the blood of every britain and i say the actions of one man. whether he be governor king cannot wash away magna carta. is all this house? but not our obligation to remove all cause of danger to american liberty. this attack upon boston is an

attack upon us all. we may not be able. passed laws being dissolved, but that does not mean we cannot remain strong in support of our resolution. therefore let it be declared and resolved. that this house i should say this former house. should meet once again. two days hence in the raleigh tavern and that our first order of business should be the consideration of a non-importation association against great britain. we should not purchase british goods. until we are recognized as full british subjects. now i hope to see all of you on the first day of june at bruton parish for our day of fasting humiliation in prayer. so that we may ask for divine

into position to inspire the minds of his majesty and parliament. to avert this heavy calamity that threatens the destruction of our civil rights. through the evils of war. god save us all my fellow countrymen and they god save, virginia. i can't have no illegal government meeting up with the raleigh town. they know legal burgers now only certain people in town are gonna call it trees. what it is is the elected officials here in town. just meeting unofficially. all right, so they ain't no treason set it off. we official to me. it was all they're gonna be after hours. they meet in the official capacity. they're not heard anymore. that's the thing. i do not understand how the king wishes to have his debt we paid and then he's going to close that's not the point. that is not that point. they say that they are protesting peacefully they through some tea overboard, but

they did not take into account that those people who aren't with them. they are and feather them and some of them die from their wounds later and then a few years ago with that boston massacre. they also decided to go into the governor's house the royal governor's house and tear down his house with the woman and children inside anyone who does not agree with them up there a new england suffer some violent repercussions when they made it the raleigh tower anytime. it whatever they determine on is simply an agreement amongst gentlemen, it is not a government measure because they are not meeting as a government. so, how do you enforce something when you have no authority? it doesn't have any real license at all. it's virginians doing for themselves. this is this is a radical action, but you don't realize you realize changes that all the county militias are going back to the control of the county lieutenants as it should be. yes. yeah, but you know the governor can't call them up anymore the gentleman in the county whoever's over the county lieutenants are they're the ones that can call them up. so what is there 3006,000 redcoats on their way here now do you think are they gonna

close portsmouth? okay. we have an opportunity here that we can create our own forces here in virginia. we can put together our own men. it's the right men are in control in each of the counties. we can put together our own virginia forces. those very same men that are talking about. all right to the learn britain of the very same people that write laws back to make me channel property. if i have children they're not my children live belong to my master. who can sell us and buy us as he sees fit but yet he still