1. King George III
In Great Britain, there were two main offices of government, the crown (George himself) and parliament (an early congress). Since the colonies were being run under a type of mercantilistic government, King George thought it reasonable to tax the citizens on many of the items that they needed for daily life. ... (Apstudent.com) As a result of their futile efforts to squeeze all the money they could out of the colonists, the King unwittingly sowed the seeds of revolution, and his attitude in implementing these truculent policies served to start the American Revolution long before any shots were...
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