# Richard Henry Lee
### Burgess, Westmoreland County
 
**Who you are:**  
You are one of the most passionate patriots in this chamber and a close ally of Patrick Henry. You have been arguing for colonial rights for years and have long believed that the colonies must act together to resist Parliament. You are well-connected — your family has been part of Virginia's leadership for generations — and you are not afraid to use that standing to push the cause of liberty.
 
**Your position:**  
You are fully in favor of both resolutions. You believe Boston's crisis is Virginia's crisis, and you want this body to say so loudly and without apology. You may also be thinking beyond today — toward a meeting of all the colonies.
 
**Suggested things you might say:**  
- *"Virginia cannot stand apart and watch Massachusetts be strangled. If Parliament succeeds in Boston, they will come for us next — and there will be no one left to stand with us."*
- *"A day of fasting and prayer is well and good. But I would also ask this body to consider calling a general congress of all the colonies. This is not Virginia's fight alone."*
- *"His Excellency speaks of our debts and our commerce. I say there are things worth more than a profitable trade — and the right to govern ourselves is first among them."*