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Thomas Hutchinson (governor)

1711–1780 · 18th century

Thomas Hutchinson (1711–1780) was a Boston merchant, historian and politician who served as lieutenant governor and then governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1771 to 1774. A loyalist, he enforced British policy, and his insistence that the taxed tea be landed led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. He left for England in 1774 and died there in exile.

Thomas Hutchinson (governor)
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Province of Massachusetts Bay

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