On this day in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention took place at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. This meeting started the political Women’s suffrage movement, calling for equality for women in voting and in all basic rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the driving forces behind the Convention, which included a speech by Frederick Douglass. Please click on the link below to learn more about this milestone for Women’s Rights.

On this day in 1774, the Fairfax Resolves were adopted in Alexandria, Virginia. George Mason and George Washington were part of the committee that drew these up to define Constitutional rights in Virginia. British Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, had dissolved the House of Burgesses and members had met to choose delegates for a special meeting in August. These Resolves were part of those delegates’ instructions. They voiced concerns over taxation without representation, proposed a ban on British goods, condemned the slave trade, and called for a meeting of representatives from all colonies to help preserve their rights as Englishmen. These ideas were then to be presented to the Virginia Convention. Please click on the link below to read a transcript of the Fairfax Resolves!