_Resistance to Tyranny_ 288
ILLUSTRATING WHAT PART WASHINGTON TOOK IN THESE MEASURES OF
RESISTANCE TO BRITISH TYRANNY.--HOW HE BECAME A REPRESENTATIVE OF
VIRGINIA IN THE GREAT COLONIAL ASSEMBLY, OTHERWISE CALLED THE OLD
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS; AND HOW, UPON THE BREAKING-OUT OF
HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND THE MOTHER-COUNTRY, HE WAS
MADE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF ALL THE FORCES OF THE UNITED COLONIES;
WITH OTHER ITEMS TOUCHING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS, AND PATRICK HENRY, THE GREAT VIRGINIA ORATOR.