"I am not a Virginian, but an American" symbolizes the fact that the First Continental Congress is a meeting where American colonists stop viewing themselves as members loyal to only their state. Rather, this quote indicates that a new national identity is forming.
All of the colonies had their problems with the British government and their taxes. Now, for the first time, these colonies would come together as one against a common enemy (aka the British).
The American Colonization Society (ACS) was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States.
