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. |