King George III (1738-1820) is famous for his involvement in the American Revolution and his rule over Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was the king of Great Britain and the American colonies, but his laws and taxes angered the colonists and he eventually lost his power over them and they became the United States of America, the country we live in today.
While intense battles needed soldiers and brave men to fight them, King George was a family man. He had to have been involved with coming up with new laws and taxes, and also battles that paved the way for the founding of America, but he was also involved with his family. He had a wife and sixteen children, ten sons and six daughters and was known for caring for them. His family was as important to him as his work as king over a powerful nation in Europe. He was married to Sophia Charlotte, the daughter of Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and was succeeded by his son, George, who became King George IV. In 1762, he bought the Buckingham House in London for his family. They lived there and it became the Buckingham Palace.
In 1760, at the age of 22, after the death of his father and grandfather, King George III became the king. While stubborn and shy, he had a deep understanding in science and arts. His reign as king lasted for 59 years, until 1820. He wrote speeches, as king but was mostly famous for his laws and taxes he set down on the colonists. These laws were not met with gratitude however, and are often regarded as poor ideas. The only law not repealed was the Tea Act. The Boston tea party in 1773 showed just how much the colonists enjoyed this tax. Several patriots threw over chests of tea from ships docked at the harbor into the water. Great Brit...
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...father though, died of a lung injury. It is believed that it was caused by a sports injury. Sports injuries dated back to at least the mid-1700s. It was a cricket ball that struck him in the chest and caused a lung abscess. Also an interesting fact about King George III was that he is said to have been extremely handsome.
I wonder whether or not King George III, in his life, knew that people criticized his ideas. I’m sure he did, but I wonder what he thought when he set down laws and taxes. Was he a reasonable man? Did he believe the colonists had the right to argue their points? What made him tax stamps and tea and set down the Intolerable Acts while it angered the colonists? Why did he think it was a good idea to make these laws? My question is: what did he think when he set laws and taxes that most of us now think are ridiculous? I suppose hindsight is 20/20.
By this point, the colonists were beginning to question Britain’s motives. They believed they were being treated like slaves and being used solely for the economic growth of Britain. One night, in 1773, the colonists rebelled against these taxes on their tea. A group of men dressed as Native Americans boarded a ship at Boston Harbor and unloaded three vessels of taxed tea (Boston Tea Party). This event, known as the Boston Tea Party, enraged King George III, and inevitably prompted Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts in 1774....
1760 - George III came to the throne, he was proud of his country and
many problems faced by the nation during his time and set standards by which we still follow
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For over their first 150 years of existence, the English colonists were largely allowed to govern themselves, separate from the king’s or parliament’s authority. All of this changed at the end of the French and Indian War. Struggling from the immense amount of debt accrued from defending the colonies and fighting the French, the new king, George III, deposed the old prime minister in favor of one that would be willing to place a tighter grip on the colonies. These attempts to consolidate control of the colonies with parliament would prove disastrous, with many of the events like the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party being remembered today. These events and others after the war directly led to the improbable union of the thirteen colonies in war against the tyranny of the greatest empire of the world.
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The American colonists had evolved and created new ways of thinking in this brand new world they had just discovered. Although Great Britain only saw the colonists as just a branch of their government across oceans, the colonists had seemed to grow into the mission as more than just an expedition, but as a new nation. A big difference in the cultures of colonists and the British were that the colonists farmed straight resources and then shipped them out to other countries instead of using the materials to craft their own goods. This creates a large cultural difference due to the colonists having farming lifestyle instead of how life was in Great Britain. Theses cultural differences led to the colonists not supporting King George anymore, making him already unpopular before he made any taxation laws
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King George III did not follow Machiavelli's manual for being a good prince. Machiavelli's main lesson was "a prince must always seem to be generous, merciful, faithful, spirited, and humane.” If a prince does not have those characteristics, his people will lose all support for him. King George III did not make sure people from the American Colonies saw him as a good King. King George III did not go out of his way to cover up his wrong doings. Instead, everyone knew he did not really care about the American Colonists. They knew he only cared about the land, and acquiring the largest empire. The King continually broke his own laws, contrary to Machiavelli's principles. Machiavelli once said, “a prince should always be able to come up with a reason for war”. King George III didn’t have a reason. He kept sending armies into the American Colonies. He transported large armies of foreign mercenaries to kill people and confiscate their land. By doing this, King George was only sabotaging himself.
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