He opposed the Constitution and pushed for a Bill of Rights in 17 influential works entitled "Letters From the Federal Farmer", while earlier, his eloquence at the First Continental Congress gained him comparisons to Cicero.
He opposed the Constitution and pushed for a Bill of Rights in 17 influential works entitled "Letters From the Federal Farmer", while earlier, his eloquence at the First Continental Congress gained him comparisons to Cicero. Opposing Parliamentary taxation, he joined Henry and Jefferson in organizing the committees of correspondence. Later, he served as the fourth president under the Articles of Confederation, but is better known for a resolution he introduced at the Second Continental Congress. FTP, who was this man who first proposed independence from Great Britain?
He opposed the Constitution and pushed for a Bill of Rights in 17 influential works entitled "Letters From the Federal Farmer", while earlier, his eloquence at the First Continental Congress gained him comparisons to Cicero.
Richard Henry Lee