Samuel Adams’s circular letter is subsequently published …
Years: 1768 - 1768
May
Samuel Adams’s circular letter is subsequently published alongside a Massachusetts petition in London by Thomas Hollis, a British publisher in support of the American cause, who publishes the combined work under the title "The True Sentiments of America".
The publication has a profound impact on both American and British readers.
Britain feels this is an act of defiance, and cries to "send over an army and a fleet" are soon heard.
Also in early 1768, commissioners had complained to London that troops are needed to enforce the Townshend Acts, as their "officers were resisted and defeated in almost every attempt to do their duty."
Britain responds in May 1768, by sending soldiers to Boston.
The imprisonment, on May 10, 1768, of John Wilkes for writing an article for the North Briton severely criticizing King George III, provokes rioting in London.
John Wilkes Esq; before the Court of King's Bench, engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine for May 1768, via Grosvenor Prints
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Years: 1768 - 1768
May
John Wilkes Esq; before the Court of King's Bench, engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine for May 1768, via Grosvenor Prints
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