Look closely at the map, and you will see a statue of America’s first leader, George Washington. In front of you, you will see George Washington is riding a horse. George Washington relates to King George because both of them are leaders and enemies. On this monument, you will see George Washington holding a sword. Before George Washington was a leader, he was in the army and he fought for liberty. King George fought to still be the ruler of America.
Chapter one: Who was King George?
King George the third was the ruler of Great Britain and Ireland. When he was just a boy, he was a big daydreamer and was very shy. He thought he would not have to worry about becoming King because his grandfather, George the second was King at the moment. He thought he had plenty of time to not have to worry about becoming King.
When he was 12 years old, his father passed away, this meant he became the prince of wales, the next King! From that day on he was expected to act like a King, his mother organised private tutors to help him study from day to night his favourite was Lord Bute. George was determined to be a good King. George's grandfather died on October 25, 1760. Which meant at the age of 22 George was the new King when he found out that he was going to be the King he jumped on his horse and went to see Lord Bute, with all the tutoring and guidance he had received he even looked and acted like a King!.
But of course what a real King needed was to have a queen, and he refused to be crowned until he had a queen to be crowned with him. George sent scouts to and from Europe to find out what princesses were available, he finally found seven princesses, but of the seven six were too boring for him! He finally found one that even though her mouth was very big, he would marry her.
Princess Charlotte and King George were married on September 8, 1761. After they were married they went to the palace and Charlotte sang and played ‘god save the King’! Even though the marriage was for political reasons, it was fruitful as Queen Charlotte gave birth to 15 children!
Whatsoever King George was the King, in order to be a good King his mother told him not to get fat! So he ate sauerkraut and fruit. King Gorge issued a proclamation against the use of bad language as he thought Kings should be moral! Furthermore a King should never break promises. Once King George had been kicked off a horse and he was so black and blue his doctors and nurses suggested that he should stay in bed, but King George had promised to go to a theatre that exact night so he got on his horse and went, “a promise has to be kept”. And as well a King must have heirs, this took a bit longer than expected but later on they overcame their challenge, in all they had fifteen children there children’s names were, George ,Fredrick, William, Charlotte, Edward, Augusta, Elisabeth, Ernest, Augusta’s, Adolphus ,Marie , Sophia Octavius ,Alfred , and Amelia.. Once every week the whole family would walk in a group around the garden so the public could watch this but the problem was that Princess Augusta hated this.
In 1775 the American revolution began with the battles of Lexington and Concord. The year later the Declaration of Independence laid out the Americans' case for freedom. The declaration showed King George to be the tyrant who had lost his right to govern the colonies. Even though the Parliament was responsible for the colonial policy, King George still had ways of influencing them.
King George was so unhappy when his army was defeated in the battle of Yorktown, he nearly abdicated and gave up the throne! But eventually he decided to accept his Government's advice and peace negotiations. In 1778 King George became mentally ill, this lasted for nearly a year, when he recovered he reigned for the next 12 years, the public loved him and the stability that he brought with him.
King George unfortunately had a second case of insanity and in 1810 he slipped into his final illness. On January 29, 1820 King George died, he was blind, deaf and mad. His illness may have been caused by porphyria. Although in 2005 an analysis of his hair samples suggested arsenic poison. King George is buried in St George's chapel.
Chapter two: The King's Taxes.
King George just had a very expensive war, and needed a large amount of money, so in 1975 he decided to tax the colonists, this tax was the stamp act. This tax included any paper in Boston including letters, paper, and even playing cards! This meant whenever someone got paper or anything else that was made of paper, you had to put the British flag stamp and pay them with money. And guess what they did to get rid of it? They protested! They burned british stamp collectors houses down! And even made a british stamp collector dummy and burnt that as well! In 1767 the Government decided to introduce another tax. This tax was on tea, paint and lead and other items England sold to America. Another tax was the quartering act, you had to let a british officer live inside of your home! AND you had to feed him and give him a place to sleep.
Chapter three: Historical fiction small moment about King George.
Thunder was flashing in the village outside my castle… I was sipping my tea while I was looking outside of my window “I say! My taxes are doing great on the colonists” then, a dash of inspiration hit me “but….if i make a tax...just to remind them im still here! I'm still taking over. I'm still a father to them!`` Then, the door creaked open “sir King George?” i spat my tea out in surprise “yes Mr Kennings?” I answered, wiping the spilled tea of my crystal gold lion jacket. Mr Kennings had a look on his face that told me he wanted to ask something “Sir King George, was that tea you were drinking?” he asked. I sighed, then, that tax idea hit me once again ,” what if, there was a tax on tea ?” i thought. The very next day I wrote a letter to boston. “Dear,boston. I have made your village a new tax, this tax will not allow...protesting! This is my newest tax, a tax on tea”. Then, one night I was in my room when I was supposed to hear waves instead, I heard splashing,I glanced at my window and saw PEOPLE! On a ship, throwing tea into the ocean.
Chapter 4: King George III was Important
King George was important because he represented a powerful empire , Great Britain had established several colonies in North America.The American colonists believed themselves to be citizens of Great Britain and that King George was their King! The colonists were tied to Britain for imported goods and trade.
The British forces had experience, training, lots of equipment and they were very organised. At the beginning of the war the British forces were much bigger than the colonists army and a lot of the colonists were loyal to King George. Even though the colonists wanted independence, they did not have a leader to help them organize a war. They did not have enough money, weapons, and training. Great Britain had a large trained army. Even though Britain was stronger, with help from its allies, France and Spain, the United states won the war.
King George made the colonists angry by bringing in taxes. His parliament thought they had the right to tax the colonies. The colonists did not think that King George should make these decisions for them. Britain owed lots of money for its war debts. King George and his parliament decided they had the right to tax the colonies to pay these debts. In 1765 they passed the quartering act. This act meant that the colonists had to pay or find lodgings for British soldiers that were in America. The colonies did not understand why these soldiers needed to be there. In the same year they passed the stamp act, which meant that all paper was taxed. Another tax was the Townsend act, which meant that the colonists had to pay taxes on imported goods, like tea! The colonists protested against these taxes, because they were made by the British parliament and not by their own representatives. The colonists resisted by boycotting British goods. Some of the colonists dressed up like Native Americans and dumped imported tea into the sea!
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