John Copley (1738-1815)

Your marriage to the daughter of a wealthy merchant greatly improves your social status. You enjoy living the high life. You sympathize with the Patriot cause, but make no outward political commitment until family connections force you to side with the Loyalists. Your father-in-law imports the tea that causes the Boston Tea Party. You unsuccessfully plead for forgiveness from your Patriot friends, on behalf of your Loyalist family. You escape the turmoil by moving to London before the war begins, where yo