British political cartoon show Bostonians held captive in a cage suspended from the 'Liberty Tree.' British sailors feed them fish from a basket labelled 'To - from the Committee of - ' in return for a bundle of papers labelled 'Promises'. The paper in the hand of one jailed Bostonian says 'They tried with the Lord in their Troubl and he saved them out of their Distress. CVIL 13.' Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, November 19, 1774. The Petition to the King was a petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress in 1774, calling for repeal of the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea party. The acts took away Massachusetts' self-government and historic rights, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775. | |
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