He gained much of his reputation and respect by his actions in the Parsons Case of 1763, which permitted Anglican Clergy to be paid in currency rather than tobacco which was the commodity mandated by the British Government. ... Henry led the fight of the American colonists against the British Parliament to have the taxation act revoked. ... At the Virginian Convention in 1775 he was able to successfully promote and initiate measures for an armed resistance to the British imposition on the American Colonies. ... In 1775, news of the battles at Lexington and Concord had spread to Virginia. ... F...

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The British government of the time favored a policy of mercantilism, although laws such as the Navigation Act were only loosely enforced to regulate commerce in the British interest. This all changed abruptly in 1763. The Treaty of Paris removed a long-standing threat to the colonies (from the French) while at the same time Great Britain, under George Grenville undertook a new colonial policy intended to tighten political control over the colonies and to make them effectively pay for their defense and return income to England. ... However before the Congress could meet again, on the morning...

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