King George III: America's Great War

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King George III
King George III, a king of a war era. One of the most feared war leaders in history, and one of America's Great enemies. Because of King George’s Great War feats, his ruthless leadership, and his interesting personality, he is one of the most commonly researched war generals and kings.
King George grew up in a town in England to his mother, Princess Augusta and father, Frederick Prince of Whales in 1738. His dad was an alcoholic and a smoker, which lead to his death in 1751 from lung failure. King George later married Lady Sarah Lennox, and had 10 kids. He lived with his sister, Caroline Matilda until he took the throne in 1760, when nobody would know, that he would become one of the most feared leaders and conquer over 15 colonies. In 1770 Lord North, became prime minister, but this started a 12-year period of war called The American Revolution.
King George studied music; his favorite composers were Bach and Beethoven. King George also studied architecture, although he could not even read until he was eleven. He studied at Trinity University. On the 5th of November

1788, George smacked his head on the wall and started foaming out of his mouth, so they make a strait jacket for him. By April 1789, George's doctors came to the conclusion that he had recovered from his Porphyria and he
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This war consisted of four colonies; North America, South America, Europe, Mughal, and West Africa. Over 900,000 to 1,400,000 deaths all over the seven years. The Boston Tea Party was another war he was leader during. Although there was no physical violence, only verbal. This war did have a major impact on the taxes in Boston. The American Revolutionary war was another war King George was involved in. This war had over 32,324 deaths over the eight years it was fought. Shortly after these wars Ireland and Great Britain combined in

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