The Board of Trade and Plantations, 1688–1761
byThere were four bodies that directly influenced England’s relationship with her American colonies; they were the King (a body of one), the Privy Council…
Thomas Pownall
Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts, January 1759–1760
byOn May 7, 1757, Thomas Pownall sailed from England for Boston to take his post as the governor of Massachusetts. Aboard the ship was…
Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts, August 1757 to December 1758
byThomas Pownall was appointed “Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over . . . the Province of the Massachusetts Bay” on February 25, 1757. He…
Thomas Pownall: Formative Years of an Anti-Taxation Member of Parliament
byThomas Pownall, the eldest son of William and Sarah Pownall, was born on September 4, 1722 in Lincoln, England. His father, a country gentleman,…
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“Be A King George”
by“Be a King George.” Four simple, but oft repeated words drilled into the Prince of Wales from childhood by his mother, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha….
How John Adams Almost Undermined the French Alliance
byOn September 27, 1779, John Adams was appointed “Minister Plenipotentiary for negotiating a Treaty of Peace and a Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain.”…