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Thomas Hutchinson was a wealthy prominent Loyalist politician in Massachusetts, a royalist and one of the King's Men. His Boston mansion had been ransacked in 1765 during protests against the Stamp Act, damaging his collection of materials on early Massachusetts history. He was completely opposed to the Patriots believing that resistance to the Crown, the legitimate government, was morally wrong. He advised Great Britain, often in secret, on the affairs of the colony and the port of Boston. His recommendations to the British government had included altering the charters of the New England provinces, the dismemberment of Massachusetts, the establishment of the military stronghold in Boston and the the stationing of a British fleet in its harbor. |
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The following facts about Thomas Hutchinson provide interesting facts and an overview and description of the life and times and his involvement in the American Revolutionary War.
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 1 | Thomas Hutchinson was born on 9 September 1711
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 2 | His place of birth was Boston, Massachusetts
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 3 | His father was also called Thomas Hutchinson who was a wealthy merchant
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 4 | His mother was Sarah Foster Hutchinson.
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 5 | Thomas Hutchinson came from a religious and politically active, loyalist family.
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 6 | He was descended from early New England settlers, including Anne Hutchinson
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 7 | Thomas Hutchinson was the 4th of 12 children
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 8 | Education: Harvard Law School
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 9 | He married Margaret Sanford, a granddaughter of Rhode Island Governor Peleg Sanford in 1734
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 10 | He entered politics in 1737 when he was elected a Boston selectman and thento a seat in the General Court
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Facts about Thomas Hutchinson
The following facts about Thomas Hutchinson provide interesting facts and an overview and description of the life and times and his involvement in the American Revolutionary War.
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 11 | He was appointed to the Governor's Council in 1749
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 12 | In 1750 he was chairman of a commission to arrange a treaty with the Indians in the District of Maine, which was then part of Massachusetts
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 13 | In 1758 he was appointed lieutenant governor of Massachusetts
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 14 | In 1765 his mansion was ransacked during protests against the Stamp Act,
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 15 | Thomas Hutchinson played a prominent role in the events following the Boston Massacre in 1770. His main political adversary was Samuel Adams
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 16 | Dummies of Thomas Hutchinson were burned in effigy following the publication of letters recommending that popular government be taken away from the people "by degrees", and that there should be "abridgement of what are called English liberties".
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 17 | The Boston Tea Party incident occurred on December 16, 1773 - Hutchinson and his sons were among the businessmen to whom the East India company had intended to consign its tea
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 18 | Thomas Hutchinson sailed for England on June 1, 1774 to act as advisor to Lord North
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 19 | Thomas Hutchinson was replaced as the Royal Governor of Massachusetts by General Thomas Gage
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| Thomas Hutchinson Fact 20 | He died in London, on 3 June 1780, aged 68
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