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As Attorney General of lower Delaware, Read would list the colony grievences to Britain. He would resign his position in protest due to the unattended offenses and unchanged attitude of [[King George III]]. Read secured his seat in the Continental Congress following the [[Stamp Act]]. He was known as a tireless delegate exhausting all possible means of reconciliation with Britian. At first he would vote against independence but a month later he joined the majority and adopted the resolution. In 1777, the British captured Delaware governor John McKinly and George Read took over as governor in the emergency.  
 
As Attorney General of lower Delaware, Read would list the colony grievences to Britain. He would resign his position in protest due to the unattended offenses and unchanged attitude of [[King George III]]. Read secured his seat in the Continental Congress following the [[Stamp Act]]. He was known as a tireless delegate exhausting all possible means of reconciliation with Britian. At first he would vote against independence but a month later he joined the majority and adopted the resolution. In 1777, the British captured Delaware governor John McKinly and George Read took over as governor in the emergency.  
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In 1779 he had retired from his duties due to poor health. From 1782 to 1788, Read would be a state senator and he was appointed Judge in the Court of Appeals. He would resign in 1793 to become Chief Justice of Delaware, a post he filled until his death in 1798.
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In 1779 he had retired from his duties due to poor health. From 1782 to 1788, Read would be a state senator and he was appointed Judge in the Court of Appeals.
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In 1787, Read participated in the formation of the [[Constitution]].  Other members of the Delaware delegation to the Convention were [[Gunning Bedford, Jr.]], [[Jacob Broom]], [[John Dickinson]], and [[Richard Bassett]].
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He would resign in 1793 to become Chief Justice of Delaware, a post he filled until his death in 1798.
    
==Death==
 
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