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    King George Dbq

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    King George King George lll was the king of Great Britain. King George III became king of Great Britain and Ireland in October 25 1760 to January 1 1801.The acts that he created usually made colonist upset like the Stamp Act, and The Townshend Acts. King George was the person who taxed Colonists, and wanted the money for himself. He also sent many British troops to the 13 colonies during the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Lexington and Concord On the night of April 18, 1775 hundreds of British

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    be Queen of England.” Queen Victoria was born on May 24, 1819. The marriage of Victoria’s parents was merely for financial gain. The end goal was to produce a viable heir to the throne. Since Edward, Victoria’s dad, was the fourth son of King George III, the need for him to marry royalty and have a son was of the utmost importance. Therefore, he married German born Princess Marie Luise Victoria of Saxe-Saalfield Coburg, Duchess of Kent, sister to Leopold, the King of the Belgians. Seeing baby

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    20 percent of the colonists were slaves of African descent. Slaves lived in all the mainland colonies, though they were most in the South (Virginia). Despite all the differences all the colonies had one thing in common they were all ruled by King George. All the colonies had something

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    Colonists asked the British for their rights, but no, the British would not give them their rights. Britain was a horrible country, and they didn’t listen to the Colonists, although they were usually right. Following the French and Indian War, King George the third wrote the surprising Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation stated that the new western frontier that the colonists won actually belonged to the indians and the colonists could not settle past a line of the Appalachian mountains. The law

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    The most recent George was born Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge on July 22, 2013 to Prince William of Wales and Duchess Catherine of Cambridge. His birth placed him third in line to the throne behind his father, Prince William, and grandfather, Prince Charles . Prince George joined a royal family tree shaken by Georges, and the new prince’s name called back to the Hanoverian times when four Georges headed the throne successively. This period was one where men of foreign descent reigned

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    Purpose- The Proclamation of 1763 was made after the French and Indian War to make sure that colonists did not move further west. King George had made this proclamation because he wanted to preserve Native American land, so that the Native Americans may want to help him in the future. This was also to make sure that the colonies stayed under British control because if the people moved too much west Britain would not be able to keep a tight control over the people. Act- This proclamation stated that

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    The American Revolution truly did transform American society from economy, to death, it changed America politically, their Independence, and the future of the country. The Revolution allowed America to finally get its independence from Great Britain. It increased America’s economy so they could finally trade with people other than Great Britain. Also there were a lot of lives taken from both sides in this war. Politically it opened up the opportunity to ally with France against their common enemy

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    why we were breaking free from the British, even though we were already rebelling. The Declaration of Independence was unnecessary to the colonists separation with Britain because acts of rebellion were all that were needed to start a war, King George III thought it was insignificant to him, and the signers risked treason along with death. The colonists staged many rebellions before the Declaration of Independence. For example, the battles of Lexington and Concord were the first two battles of the

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    troops that participated in the war. King George believed that the American militia was not strong because of the poor training. Most of the blame was put on colonists due to the shortage of money and troops sent to the militia. The lack of attention that colonists gave to the militia made the British believe that they did not want to protect the frontier. Taxes were placed as a way to force the colonists to pay for the expenses. In document three, George Washington wrote a letter to

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    for American independence today. Leading up to it, Britain tightened their hold on the colonies by restricting them and passing unfair laws and taxes. The American Revolution began after the colonists sent the Declaration of Independence to King George III in July, 1775, in which the colonies claimed independence from Britain. After the Battle of Yorktown in 1781, General Charles Cornwallis of the British army surrendered to the colonists, and they had officially gained independence. Though, were

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