Stamp Act Congress

Portrait to Come (Hidden)

Portrait by Artist to Come


QUICK FACTS
  • Representatives from the colonies had met just once before, in 1754 for the Stamp Act Congress, at the beginning of the French and Indian War.
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Portrait to come. See: Wikipedia.

In 1775 the British government was not the limited monarchy we know today. The King was in charge of the executive branch of the government and his duties and powers corresponded, roughly, to those the President now handles in the United States. ... Political parties as we understand them today had yet to be born. England was split into four or five factions, some revolving around a noble Lord such as Marquis of Rockingham, some around a class (the country squires) and roughly on-third of Parliament around the King who, through his executive power, had innumerable jobs, from cabinet post to lucrative sinecures, to dispense among those who supported him.

— Thomas Fleming
Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill (1960; reissued 2010)