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===Politics===
===Politics===
Lee meantime, following family tradition, had committed himself to politics. In 1757, at the age of 25, he became justice of the peace for Westmoreland County. The following year, he moved up to the House of Burgesses - the colonial legislature of Virginia - and sat there until 1775. One of the first to oppose Britain, he early allied himself with [[Patrick Henry]]. As a protest against the [[Stamp Act]] (1765), Lee drew up the [[Westmoreland Association]] (1766), a nonimportation agreement signed by some of the citizens of his county. The next year, he denounced the [[Townshend Acts]]. And a year later he proposed in a letter to John Dickinson of Pennsylvania that the individual colonies set up committees to correspond with each other, an idea that did not come to fruition for 5 years.
Lee meantime, following family tradition, had committed himself to politics. In 1757, at the age of 25, he became justice of the peace for Westmoreland County. The following year, he moved up to the House of Burgesses - the colonial legislature of Virginia - and sat there until 1775. One of the first to oppose Britain, he early allied himself with [[Patrick Henry]]. As a protest against the [[Stamp Act]] (1765), Lee drew up the [[Westmoreland Association]] (1766), a nonimportation agreement signed by some of the citizens of his county. The next year, he denounced the [[Townshend Acts]]. And a year later he proposed in a letter to [[John Dickinson]] of Pennsylvania that the individual colonies set up committees to correspond with each other, an idea that did not come to fruition for 5 years.
In 1769, when Lee and Henry penned an address to the King protesting several actions of Parliament, the Royal Governor disbanded the House of Burgesses. Lee thereupon met with other patriots at Raleigh's Tavern and helped frame the Virginia Association, a nonimportation agreement. Many other colonies formed similar associations, but in 1770 Parliament repealed most of the duties and the protest spirit subsided.
In 1769, when Lee and Henry penned an address to the King protesting several actions of Parliament, the Royal Governor disbanded the House of Burgesses. Lee thereupon met with other patriots at Raleigh's Tavern and helped frame the Virginia Association, a nonimportation agreement. Many other colonies formed similar associations, but in 1770 Parliament repealed most of the duties and the protest spirit subsided.