The events leading up to the American Revolutionary War played a key role in what might be called double agent operations. What is a double agent? Merriam-Webster describes a double agent as serving one government when in reality the agent is spying for another government. One of these double agents was Dr. Edward Bancroft. Researchers played the epic game of tug of war with the idea that Edward Bancroft was a double agent who spied for both Britain and the United States of America. This would be true if the United States of America were a country, operating its own government, fighting an invading power. The American Revolutionary War began in 1775, Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and Edward Bancroft's espionage for Great Britain began around 1774. By Merriam-Webster standards, Edward Bancroft, considered a double agent, was in in reality only a loyalist who wanted the colonial revolt would be quelled and the colonies would remain subjects of Great Britain. Edward Bartholomew Bancroft was born on January 20, 1745 in Westfield, Massachusetts to Edward and Mary Bancroft. Edward Bancroft had a brother, Daniel, born in 1746. The senior Bancroft died at the age of 28, leaving his widow Mary to care for little Edward and John. The widowed Bancroft met David Bull whom she married in 1751. The new family moved throughout the area of ​​the New England colonies and ended up settling in Hartford, Connecticut. David Bull became the owner of a local tavern in Hartford. Edward Bancroft would not have been able to have a normal education. His mother saw the need for education, and in 1759 Silas Deane, a graduate of Yale College, became Edward Bancroft's private tutor. These studies would show that... half the paper... up to two million with zero representation in parliament. Once again, Edward Bancroft was alluding to the future policy of taxation without representation. However, Edward Bancroft did not believe in American independence but only wished to establish a permanent colonial dependency with Great Britain. He just wanted all colonists to have the same rights as the English. Once again, this proved that Edward Bancroft was a Loyalist, but at the same time, he cared about how the colonies were governed. His personal beliefs could be influenced, but that would depend on who was pushing him. Works Cited http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/ci1/ch1c.htm https://www.cia.gov/ biblioteca/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi -publications/csi-studies/studies/vol.-55-no.-4/edward-bancroft-scientist-author-spy.htmlhttp://books. google.com/books/about/Edward_Bancroft.html?id=NOmSuwAACAAJ