In a July 1, 1775 letter to Lord Sandwich, King George III made his position with respect to the colonies perfectly clear: “I am of the opinion that when once these rebels have felt a smart blow, they will submit; and no situation can ever change my fixed resolution, either to bring the colonies to due obedience to the legislature of the mother country or to cast them off!”
The king again stated his position later that year in his speech to both Houses of Parliament, in which he made it clear that his “fixed resolution” was precisely that.
His Majesty’s most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Friday, October 27, 1775.
Friends of the American Revolution 
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