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Group or institution

Fifth Virginia Convention

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1776

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Fifth Virginia Convention, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Virginia Declaration of Rights

    1776

    Role: Body that unanimously adopted the Declaration

    1. 1776–1830 · Influence of the Virginia Declaration of Rights on later documentsInfluence on Later Founding Documents

      The Declaration heavily influenced the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the United States Bill of Rights (1789), among other documents.

    2. June 12, 1776 · Williamsburg, VirginiaUnanimous Adoption at Williamsburg

      The Fifth Virginia Convention unanimously adopted the Declaration at Williamsburg on June 12, 1776, as a document separate from the state constitution.

Sources

  1. Virginia Declaration of Rights Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18