How Did British Politicians React to America’s Attempts at Independence? Rather Poorly!

Left to right: William Murray, First Earl of Mansfield; William Legge, Second Earl of Dartmouth; Isaac Barré; John Wilkes. Bridgeman (2); Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth; The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 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…