American Revolution 250 Of course, Israel Williams and Oliver Partridge had supported Crown policy for years. Williams was named to the mandamus Council, though he didn’t accept. Partridge opposed armed action against the royal government, which was just where the populace was heading.

At this point it wasn’t even clear Delaware counted as a colony. It was still listed by the Congress as “the three lower colonies” of Pennsylvania. They didn’t have their own governor. But they had their own wee legislature, which chose delegates for the Congress.