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.
Washington, Mary Ball
Fredericksburg, VA — Purchased in 1772 by George Washington for his mother, Mary Ball Washington, where she spent the last 17 years of her life.
Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill (1960; reissued 2010)