King George III was a cruel man. 2. ... Before reading 1776, my knowledge of King George III was pretty slim, so anything read about him was something learned. ... The new knowledge I gained from McCullough's 1776 could be helpful in class whenever the chapter is not only of course over King George III or George Washington, but for King George III to realize what he put American colonists through and identify certain examples will be very helpful; and, that George Washington although a beloved American legend was not nearly as perfect as I have learned about before, but he was a very kno...

• Word Count: 714
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

They later sent a petition, known as the Olive Brach Petition, to King George III asking for peace and harmony between the British and the Colonies. King George III quickly discarded the idea and soon declared the colonies in rebellion. ...

• Word Count: 611
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The Olive Branch Petition The Olive Branch Petition was drafted by John Dickenson during the Second Continental Congress on July 5 1775. The American Revolution had already started with the Battles of Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill. The members of the Continental Congress disagreed ab...

• Word Count: 554
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In this essay Paine wrote of the natural right of man to govern themselves instead of living under control of George III. Paine spoke out boldly against George III, more so than anyone before him. Paine states that not only George III was corrupt but also the entire institution of monarchy was inherently evil. ...

• Word Count: 727
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the description of the village comes the reader's first glimpse of Rip Van Winkle's wife who, in the story, symbolizes King George III. ... Before the Revolutionary War, whenever something went wrong in the colonies King George III was usually to blame. ... He looks at the sign and realizes that in the place of King George III is now a picture of General George Washington. ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

No other place during or before the Revolutionary War occupied such a huge amount of King George III and Parliament's attention as Boston did. ... In the fall of 1773, King George III and Parliament revived the tax on tea in the colonies. ...

• Word Count: 1244
• Approx Pages: 5

In the summer of 1766, King George III of England replaced Prime Minister Rockingham with William Pitt. ... On April 23, 1775 King George III of Great Britain declared, "The colonies are in open and avowed rebellion. ...

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

King George III realized he could not allow the American colonies to gain independence or other territories of Great Britain would surely follow. Having been defeated at Saratoga, and trying to prevent an alliance between the French and the Americans, King George III authorized Lord North to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict. ...

• Word Count: 1025
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Revolutionary War by Bart McDowell The Revolutionary War gives an interesting and distinct account of the history and events of this great and pivotal time. The perspective is quite different than most history books. The author, Bart McDowell, gives the reader a lesson in the various bat...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I will give you a brief summary on this book .First, Sam starts off at home. Sam and his Dad get in a lot of arguments, and disagreements on the weirdest things. Sam is an American soldier in the Revolutionary War. They're against the Tories - that's what they called the British Army. Sam was pa...

• Word Count: 489
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Fidel Castro once said, "The Revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploitees." A revolution is a cycle of change that happens when those that are governed rebel against their leader with Enlightenment ideas. The English, French, and American Revolutions prove this to be corre...

• Word Count: 569
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Grenville persuaded Parliament to pass the Stamp Act of 1765. The act placed new duties on legal documents such as wills, diplomats, and marriage papers. All items named in the law had to carry a stamp showing that the tax had been paid. In May 1767, Parliament reopened the debate over taxing t...

• Word Count: 458
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

George Washington inspired a young nation to defeat the greatest power in the world at that time. He also helped make many of the laws and set up the law making systems that we still have today. Washington had many contributions to America and I will discuss the contributions that he made. In 1774...

• Word Count: 683
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The book, "1776," covers almost everything in depth from the declaration of war on the American colonies by King George III in 1775, to the American victory at Trenton in late 1776. General George Washington led an army of everyday men, untrained, inexperienced, and out manned. The British redcoats,...

• Word Count: 1117
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School