... In Parliament, he voted against the repeal of the Stamp Act, and voted for the Declaratory Act. In 1774, he voted for the Coercive Acts, which initiated the Revolutionary War. However, he did not wish to see the conflict resolved by intimidation, and stressed his desire for persuasion. Burgoyne ... to Burgoyne. When word of his success reached England, George III presented the invitation for him to become a member of the Order of the Bath, a society whose prestige George III personally revived, and memberships given sparingly to preserve the exclusivity of the award. For an individual as ...

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