Editing Richard Henry Lee (section)

===American Revolution===
In August 1774, Lee was chosen as a delegate to the [[First Continental Congress]] in [[Philadelphia]]. In Lee's Resolution on June 7, 1776, during the Second Continental Congress, Lee put forth the motion to the Continental Congress to declare Independence from Great Britain, which read (in part):

<blockquote>Resolved: That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.</blockquote><!-- Do not add capital letters where they do not appear in the original text. -->

Lee had returned to Virginia by the time Congress voted on and adopted the Declaration of Independence, but he signed the document when he returned to Congress.

[[File:Coat of Arms of the Lee Family.svg|right|thumb|210px|Lee Family [[Coat of Arms]]]]