Joseph Galloway

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Joseph Galloway was a prominent Loyalist politician and colonial leader from Pennsylvania who opposed American independence and later fled to Britain during the Revolutionary War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Loyalist politician
colonial leader
person
advocatedFor reconciliation between colonies and Britain before 1776
associatedWith British administration in occupied Philadelphia
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Province of Pennsylvania
criticized military conduct of British commanders in America
described American rebellion as unjustified
educatedAt Philadelphia (informal classical education)
ethnicGroup English American
fledDuring American Revolutionary War
fledTo Great Britain
gender male
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era
ideology pro-British imperial constitutionalism
knownFor drafting a plan for imperial union between Britain and the colonies
leading Loyalist in Pennsylvania
opposition to the Continental Congress’s move toward independence
languageOfWorkOrName English
lost property in Pennsylvania due to confiscation acts
notableEvent exile from Pennsylvania as a Loyalist
testimony before the British House of Commons on the American war
notableFor one of the most prominent Loyalists to leave America for Britain
notableWork Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great-Britain and the Colonies
Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion
Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies
occupation lawyer
pamphleteer
politician
opposed American independence
participatedIn First Continental Congress
placeOfBirth West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
placeOfDeath Watford
surface form: "Watford, Hertfordshire, England"
politicalAlignment Loyalist
politicalFaction American Loyalists
surface form: "Pennsylvania Loyalists"
positionHeld Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly
delegate to the First Continental Congress
member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly
proposed Galloway Plan of Union
residence Philadelphia
surface form: "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"
roleIn civil administration under British occupation of Philadelphia
sidedWith British Crown
spouse Grace Growden Galloway
supported continued union with Great Britain

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