USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Hutchinson, (born September 9, 1711, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]-died June 3, 1780, London, England), royal governor of the British North American Province of Massachusetts Bay (1771–74) whose stringent measures helped precipitate colonial unrest and eventually the American Revolution (1775–83).

Detailed explanation-2: -Not Invited to the Tea Party As royal governor, Hutchinson ordered that the three ships in Boston Harbor be unloaded and the duty paid. Two of his sons were tea brokers. Approximately 7, 000 people gathered in the Old South Meeting House on December 16, 1773 to protest his actions.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act. When three ships arrived in Boston harbor with tea from Britain, Governor Hutchinson insisted that the ships would not leave the port until their cargo of tea was unloaded. On December 16, 1773, Bostonians stormed the ships and dumped the tea into the harbor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Hutchinson responds to independence (1776) “They begin, my Lord, with a false hypothesis: that the colonies are one distinct people, and the kingdom [of England is] another, connected by political bands. The Colonies, politically considered, never were a distinct people from the kingdom.