ACT II.
INTRODUCTION:
When George Washington was sixteen, he was made a surveyor for Lord Fairfax. At twenty he was put in Braddock's army and he saved the broken pieces. He was later elected to the house of Burgesses in Virginia.
After Washington's brother, Laurence, died, Washington received the beautiful Mt. Vernon plantation on the Potomac.
One day while Washington was on his way to Williamsburg, he met a beautiful woman named Mrs. Martha Custis, who later became his wife.
The second act will be Washington, Patrick Henry and others in the house of Burgesses in Virginia.
(House of Burgesses assembled. Class in House of Burgesses.)
Speaker at Desk: As you know the French and Indian war has left both England and her colonies in debt and King George, thinking only of England, put a tax on tea and a Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies. Through such great men as Samuel Adams and our own Patrick Henry, these Acts have been repealed. Now we are confronted with the trouble in Boston. Shall the people of Boston be slaves or shall the thirteen colonies fight to save that town?
(Exclamations from House). Fight! Fight! No! No! Fight!
Speaker: I think Patrick Henry has a resolution to offer.