Eric Chandler : The Intolerable Acts

"Be a king" said Princess Augusta of Saxe-Goethe to her son George, newly crowned king of Great Britain. In that, as in many matters, George listened to his mother. She, in turn, listened to advice from Lord George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, and Secretary of State for the Colonies. As did so many before him, Sackville misunderstood the nature of the English colonists. A long history of heavy handedness and punitive measures on the part of Crown and Parliament set into motion a series of diplomatic and commercial blunders finally drove the 13 breakaway colonies to declare for independence.

Eric Chandler has been involved in American Revolutionary War Living History since 1974. He is currently serving his fourth term as a member of the Norwalk Historical Commission, sits on the Norwalk Historical Society Board of Directors as well as the Board of Directors for the recreated Sheldon's Horse, 2nd Regiment Continental Light Dragoons for which he also serves as lieutenant and adjutant.