查塔姆（Chatham）伯爵威廉·皮特（William Pitt）是英国在法国和印度战争中胜利的建筑师，他升起了谴责对冲突的行动的决定。他建议从波士顿撤出所有英军，他们只能作为引发战争的挑衅性事件的焚化。
(William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, the acknowledged architect of the British victory in the French and Indian War, rose to condemn the decision to militarize the conflict. He recommended the withdrawal from Boston of all British troops, who could only serve as incendiaries for a provocative incident that triggered a war.)