In 1760s London, John Wilkes was a champion of liberty and an advocate for free speech and freedom of the press. He was an outspoken member of Parliament and in 1764 the House of Commons expelled him, but he was reelected. The Founding Fathers of the United States were deeply shaped by Great Britain’s Parliamentary oppression of Wilkes. Part of the Immortals leadership series.
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John Wilkes
January 19, 1764 – John Wilkes Expelled from Parliament – History.com
John Wilkes – The First Amendment Encyclopedia – Middle Tennessee State University
John Wilkes – London National Portrait Gallery
The North Briton no. 45 – The British Library
Freedom of Press in Great Britain
Freedom of The Press in Eighteenth-Century England – Encyclopedia.com
