Skip to main content

Home
Explore
About

Search terms

Search terms

DGI Header Menu

Home
Explore
About

Philip Dawe

"The Alternative of Williams-Burg"

Image

<p>In this British political cartoon, a mob of thuggish looking Virginians force a group of well-dressed members of the gentry to sign the Continental Congress’s non-importation agreement. The crowd is armed, and tar and feathers hang in the background, showing the implied consequences of not signing the terms.</p>

Read more about "The Alternative of Williams-Burg"

Subscribe to Philip Dawe