King George Research Paper

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I chose King George because I wanted to know more about him. I was interested in this person when I first read about him in the anthology. I read that he was the king of Great Britain which means he is the most powerful man. George taxed the Americans which got the Americans very angry. After that he taxed the Americans on tea, lead, paint, and more items. This made the two countries go to war. George had an army of over a million soldiers that he used to fight the tiny American army. Later he got frustrated and really wanted to win the war after being beaten in battles. So, he was determined, but wanted to unleash his wrath which made him look insane.

In my research I learned new things that I never knew about King George. One is that George was born on June 4, 1738. A new soon to be king of Great Britain, but a horrible person to America. This is because King George is treating
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Since I live in America, I would think a guy on the other side of the ocean taxing us, is aggravating. So, I think he is a bad person in my opinion. I would tell someone that King George was insane or that he taxed the Americans. I would want them to see that King George is a terrible person in the past, but for a reason. All this war and battle was caused by a good idea, a deal, a disagreement, and then to a war. The good idea was to tax the Americans on the British services. The deal was when America wanted the right to vote in Britain. Then King George disagreed and basically said,”You either pay the taxes or no more help from us.” At the end there was a war. So King George was reasonable, but later he wasn’t. I got interested in King George when I first read about him in the anthology. Then I learned more about him online. In the end king george really made me have an entirely different viewpoint of him because he was insane and because of many other facts that I never knew about

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