- Prince of Wales, soon to be George III (crowned 1760)
The Radicalism of the American Revolution, Gordon S. Wood, p 14
Many confuse the liberty sought in 1775 with the liberty to do a long list of things without regard to others. What was sought was the liberty to govern themselves, including taxation. What was forgotten in Britain was that all the political liberty on the island containing England, Wales, and Scotland did not even extend to Ireland, much less the colonies in America.
Sure, the colonies had all kinds of government, colonial, county, city, and town, but government in America was subservient to Parliament in Britain and without any representation from the Colonies, other than lobbyists.
