"How Did British Politicians React to America’s Attempts" Topic
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Tango01  | 02 Jun 2025 4:44 p.m. PST |
…at Independence? Rather Poorly! "As Alexis Coe writes in her history of the First Continental Congress, today, George III is "remembered as the man who lost America. Really, Parliament deserves that honor." Below, read how four members of Parliament responded to the colonies' early steps toward revolution. William Murray served as lord chief justice—head of the judiciary of England and Wales—from 1756 to 1788, becoming one of Britain's most influential lawmen. He advocated heavily for England's control over the American Colonies, often in uncompromising terms: "If you do not kill them, they will kill you." John Quincy Adams would later deem Murray "more responsible for the Revolution than any other man," and Thomas Jefferson called the judge's decisions full of "sly poison." Still, Murray's philosophy of jurisprudence inspired many fundamental principles of U.S. commercial law: He's been cited in over 300 U.S. Supreme Court opinions…" More here
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| Bill N | 03 Jun 2025 5:08 a.m. PST |
I am surprised there is no mention of William Pitt or William Howe. |
| Tango01 | 03 Jun 2025 4:21 p.m. PST |
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gets in his first game of the convention.