In this video, Prof. Holly Brewer (University of Maryland) explains
- How did colonists share their complaints with the British government?
- Why did the British government react so strongly to the Declaration of Independence?
- Did anyone in Britain agree with the colonists?
- Did British authorities punish people who signed the Declaration?
Image: View of the Houses of Lords and Commons from Old Palace Yard by Isaac Cruikshank, 1808 (Yale Center for British Art)