In reflecting on the reality that certain news outlets have been barred from the White House, articles by Dr. Joseph Warren, which were printed in the Boston Gazette in 1769, came to mind. The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1760-1771, was Francis Bernard, a British administrator and Tory. His adamant policies and oppressive tactics in Massachusetts were not well received by those who believed their rights as …
Francis Bernard was appointed by King George III as the governor of Massachusetts during the Stamp Act protest. Rather than quell the uprise in Boston, he intensified it with his enforcement of trade regulations and dissolution of the Massachusetts assembly because of their support of the Massachusetts Circular Letter (written by Samuel Adams). This letter protested the taxes being forced upon the colonists. It called for the boycott of …