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Today, episode 31, Wilkes and Liberty and Tarrin Feathers.

Last week we discussed the growing crisis in Boston,

but that was not the only issue on London's agenda.

In 1768, France invaded the island of Corsica, which had been part of Genoa.

The people of Corsica rose up to resist and requested help from Britain. Prime Minister Grafton, more focused on the American colonies,

failed to act decisively, allowing France to take control of the island.

This failure earned Grafton criticism at home for being too weak and encouraging

France to become more aggressive. Though nobody had any reason to know it at the time, the failure

to keep Corsica independent of France would have great consequences

a generation later.

The next year in 1769, a Corsican couple, Carlo and Maria Bonaparte, would give birth to their son Napoleon as a French citizen.

There was also domestic uproar in England around the same time. You may recall back in episode 16 I discussed the

radical wig John Wilkes. He had to flee to France in 1763 after attacking the King's speech.

Wellks returned from France in 1768, mostly to escape debts that he had run up in that country.

On his return, he ran for Parliament again. He also had to face the consequences of being

convicted in obstinia for seditious libel. Wilkes both won his election and went to prison.

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