page_title: First Virginia Convention
section_title: Meeting
hierarchical_section_title: First Virginia Convention / Meeting
caption_attribution_description: Raleigh Tavern, Colonial Williamsburg
context_page_description: The First Virginia Convention was an extralegal meeting of the House of Burgesses held in Williamsburg, Virginia from August 1–6, 1774.
context_section_description: In defiance of Dunmore, the Burgesses moved to Raleigh Tavern where they constituted themselves as the First Virginia Convention on August 1.  The Convention declared its support for Massachusetts and called for a congress of the Thirteen Colonies, the First Continental Congress, to which it also elected delegates.  It further banned commerce and payment of debts with Britain, pledged supplies to Massachusetts, and elected officers, including its president, Peyton Randolph, previously the speaker of the House of Burgesses.  Before dissolving on August 6, the Convention selected representatives to the Second Virginia Convention.
caption: Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg VA, restored
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