**‘The British are coming’ and the outbreak of hostilities during the American Revolutionary War**

“_During the summer of 1776, they defined their objective as total separation and declared independence. Yet declaring independence was very different to actually achieving it. King George III’s government, under Prime Minister Frederick, Lord North regarded their actions as no more than insurrection and remained determined to crush them._”

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-british-are-coming-and-the-outbreak-of-hostilities-during-the-american-revolutionary-war/.

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