George III of the United Kingdom

colonies of North America. The war commenced on April 19, 1775, with the conclusion of the war on September 3, 1783 (The American Revolution: Timeline of events). The thirteen colonies were led by General George Washington to gain their independence from Britain, who was led by King George III. The significance of the American Revolution is so huge that it in fact…

Beryl Bainbridge's novel Master George, is a historical piece set in the mid-1800’s. The novel depicts the life of surgeon and amateur photographer George Hardy. Like several of her novels master Georgie is a historical fiction and thus takes place during the Crimean War. The Crimean War was the conflict between the Russians, British, French, and the Ottoman Turks over the Middle East, specifically in the Crimean Peninsula. During this war Britain and France sided with the Turks to keep the…

coming of independence in the United States. Today, visitors can go to Boston and catch a glimpse of the historical events that took place primarily in the eighteenth century. In fact, the city of Boston, through the National Park Service, offers several tours for visitors including the tour of the Freedom Trail as well as the Black Heritage Trail tour in order to provide several unique perspectives of the freedom struggle that once took place in Boston and the United States as a whole. The…

There is no one event that can be said to have caused The American Revolution. As the colonies continued to grow, as did the tensions between the colonists and the British. The roughly 3,000 miles between the colonies and Great Britain definitely gave the colonists an independent mindset from the very beginning. And although its impossible to pinpoint the single event that let to The American Revolution, there are many that stand out as major contributors to the start of this war. Colonial…

King George III sought out to make the royal monarchy celebrated, while George I and George II were just merely trying to survive (Colley, 210). As a result of this, Colley tells us on page 219, “Defeat in America and, above all, revolution in France fostered in Britain a more splendid monarchy and…

That same year, Phillis wrote “On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin”, a poetic tale about two men who narrowly escaped a harrowing storm at sea. On December 21, 1767, Phillis’ true story was published. Three years later, she wrote an elegy about Reverend George Whitefield, a beloved British preacher. In her poem, Phillis beautifully expressed her deep sorrow over the deceased minister and highlighted why she loved him so…

The Journey of a Loyalist Widow during the American Revolution My original name is Arabella Edward, but since we moved to the Colonies everyone refers to me a “Bella”. I was born and raised in Great Britain, under the Crown, and remain loyal to them to this day. I’m 22 years old. Turned out my husband was an agent for the British crown, whose name was Thomas Edward, age 26, and insisted we move to North America in hopes for “A better, brighter future.” We began in Boston. We moved here in early…

On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence became one of the founding documents of the United States of America. Addressed to King George III, the king of Great Britain it explains the grievances of the American colonies and that they were leaving the British Empire. The preamble of this great document reads, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and…

I am not a mindless loyalist that agrees with the King’s every word. Instead, I am a colonist that would rather die fighting for independence than to live forever while being ruled by the tyrant that goes by the name of King George III. If you are a loyalist you may be gasping and stating that I am a traitor. However, before you blab to the world that I have a treacherous and disloyal soul, stop and think about the facts. First off, not only does the revolting Parliament have the nerve to create…

Saved by a Swan “Shhh,” members of the Son’s of Liberty whispered as they approached, or moved closer to, the large ships filled with the 342 chests of tea. The Sons’ of Liberty, an organization started to protest the Stamp Act or a law that placed taxes on printed material, were dressed in black clothing with a Donald Trump mask. With his corn-colored hair, orange popsicle skin, and his puffer fish lips, Donald J. Trump was able to startle anyone. The Patriots, or colonists who supported the…