"This history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of an absolute tyranny over these states." ... (The Declaration of Independence) All of these injustices had happened to the American colonists many times, and demonstrate that through "Repeated injuries, and Usurpation- (assignment sheet) King George III has been a disgrace to the crown, and bad ruler of the colonies. ... (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 trucule...

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This effort is undoubtedly present both the French and American Revolutions; which stood for all the ideas people wish for. ... All judges were to be elected 5. "Suspensive" veto for the King 6. The franchise was to be given to all who paid taxes equivalent to 3 days wages or more. ... Since the British viewed the colonies as just "moneymakers", the King issued many acts that taxes certain imports and properties. ...

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Locke expresses his belief that people in the State of Nature are all equal. ... A tyrant holds all the power and is his own judge according to Locke. ... According to Locke, all unlabored land and resources belong to all equally. ... The acquisition of property and land is all done within the state of nature. ... Every man is a "king". ...

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This image was later revised to show the truth of Attucks being involved in the bloody massacre that occurred on King Street of Boston. ... The colonist embodied their voices in the documentation where they spoke against King George III and the English Monarchy. They stated their belief that government should represent the people and not a king. ... Boston King was born as a slave in Charleston, South Carolina. ... The freedoms that are now shared by all individuals living in the United States have been interpreted in numerous ways to include everyone. ...

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The Colonists really respected the king and all his power. He was an all mighty god to them. The king was the ruler of their lives. ... The Colonists honor King George III. The colonists used all types of English things. ...

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Whatever may be the consequences, we must risk something; if we do not, all is over". ... Even the king cannot be immune to the "Laws of Nature". ... Our natural rights, which we are born with, make us equals, no matter what station you have in life, we should all be treated the same before the eyes of the law. ... Following the preamble is a long list of, historical and political, wrong doings by King George III, who is referred to as "He". ... It appealed to its audience because it was written in the form of an argument, the same argument that had been talked about ...

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Mob's role was to bring welfare back for all people, not focusing on private affairs. Since the Glorious Revolution of 1688, English began to emphasize more and more on public welfare or liberty, making all movements fighting for liberty for all justified. ... What was very obvious during this phrase and was not seen at all previously was the shift of blame from certain "evil ministers" to King George III himself. ... The prevailing petition movements also showed this particular attitudes among the colonists that they thought to petition to the king would work because king was t...

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This however only angered the king more, only adding to the growing bitterness between Great Britain and the colonies. ... As time went on, the king passed acts that enabled him to be able to appoint people to positions of power in the colonies instead of the people living there. ... Lastly, the king finally passed what are called the Prohibitory Acts. These said that all colonial ships were property of the crown, they forbid trade with the colonies, and said that all colonial sailors could be impressed into the royal navy if seized. ... Because King Charles III could not help but tax the co...

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So with all these statistical advantages, how then could the Continentals possibly have won against the British? ... The biggest player of all on the British side, (at least in starting things up) was King George III, who at the beginning had just been defeated at the Battle of Bunker Hill (the Brits had won, but at the cost of "more than 1,000 casualties in an appalling slaughter" (8)) and George was determined to save his colonies, so he was increasing "both his land and naval forces" (11) in order to stay the problem of the revolution. ... The King's decision ended ...

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Many accusations were leveled at the British government, and in particular, it's head, King George III, among them being; "cutting off [America's] Trade with all parts of the world, imposing Taxes on [the colonies] without [their] Consent, taking away [the colonies"] Charters, abolishing [their] most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of [their] Governments, suspending [their] own Legislatures, and declaring themselves (England) invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever." ... After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of ...

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Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. ... One would see petitions overlooked and the foolish and harshness of the crown (a.k.a. the King). ... The colonists were paying Britain to literally spy on them all day. ... In the Proclamation of 1763, issued October of 1763 by King George III, it "forbade all settlement past the Appalachian Mountains....

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The merchants complained to the king, who at that time was King George III, and he repealed the taxes. All but the one on tea that is. ... As soon as King George III heard of the tea party, he was furious. ... There were five Intolerable Acts all together. ... He wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense", and in it the attacks he made on King George III got the people excited about it. ...

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All these establish the British incompetence in their rule over the colonies. ... "Mercantilism meant that the state directed all economic activities within its borders" (Blum 27). ... They would then ship these goods to foreign markets all around the world, including the colonies. ... The Massachusetts Government Act said that the Governor's council had to be appointed by the King and limited town meetings to one per year. ... The governor's council would now be appointed by the king and not elected by the assembly. ...

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Henceforth the king was the sole repository of sovereign power. In a very real sense the king was the state. ... All that devouring and insatiable monsters imagined since imagination could record itself. ... King George aimed to destroy American people's liberty. ... Although the American Revolution validated the idea that all men were created equal, slavery was legal in all the thirteen colonies throughout the revolutionary period. ...

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In all regions of the colonies, merchants attempted to promote economic growth in their region but were stifled by British policies of mercantilism (MultiEducator, 2000). ... This idea of enlightenment then pushed the ordinary people to take over and the fight began on 14 July 1789, with the attack on Bastille prison which was a symbol of the power of the nobility and the rule of the king (Doyle 2002). ... During the revolution in January 1793, Louis XVI was found guilty of treason and on January 21 1793, the King was executed then Marie Antoinette, the Queen, was executed on October 16 (Doyle...

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On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress felt the need to break all ties with Great Britain had been stronger than ever. ... "The list accused the king of dissolving colonial governments, controlling judges, sending "swarms of Officers to harass our people," (Zinn 72). ... In order to keep control over the colonists, the English took control of all trade in and out of the colonies. ... The Declaration of Independence stated many of the faults of the king, one of which was cutting of trade with the rest of the world. ... All of these acts were greatly disagreed with by the colonist they too...

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Although Britain had won the war, King George II decided to undertake a new colonial policy intended to tighten political control over its rather autonomous colonies. ... This aggravated the colonies in America as the King wanted them to help pay for their defence and the expenses. ... They decided that the Stamp Act and all the other taxation laws were illegal since the colonies were not represented in the British Parliament. "No taxation without representation" 4 was a popular slogan that was used as a common cry of all the colonies during the 1760's. ... "The Bloody Ma...

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Within a seventy-year span, four colonial wars were fought, the King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, and the French and Indian War. ... This was an agreement of the colonies to stop all trade with Britain until their demands were met. ... If King George III did not repeal the Intolerable Acts, they would meet again in the future. ... By August, all of the fifty-five signatures were written in on this document. ... The Articles passed in 1777, but were not ratified by all the states until 1781. ...

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Within a seventy-year span, four colonial wars were fought, the King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War, and the French and Indian War. ... This was an agreement of the colonies to stop all trade with Britain until their demands were met. ... If King George III did not repeal the Intolerable Acts, they would meet again in the future. ... By August, all of the fifty-five signatures were written in on this document. ... The Articles passed in 1777, but were not ratified by all the states until 1781. ...

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Mercantilism is when the state directs all the economic activities within it's borders(Blum 31). ... They would then ship these goods to foreign markets all around the world including the colonies(America Online ). ... "North was the kind of politician George had been looking for ----a plodding, dogged, industrious man, neither a fool nor a genius, much like the king himself. ... The Massachusetts Government Act said that the Governor's council had to be appointed by the King and limited town meetings to one per year. ... All these factors highlighted the differences and miscalculati...

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The story opens in England, October 26, 1775, with King George III of England addressing the British Parliament on the war in the North American colonies. ... McCullough offers the British perspective on the events in faraway North America first, re-creating the debate in Parliament over the king's decision to quash the rebellion. ... Howe had served under General James Wolfe, who called him "the best officer in the King's service.... Alexander Hamilton and his men surrounded Nassau Hall on the Princeton College campus, where some two hundred British were garrisoned, capturing...

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After all the war had been fought to protect their land, that is the land of the Ohio River Valley. ... The Stamp Act was the most ominous measure of all. ... This was the first time all the states began to work together for a common goal. ... The rest of the community was seen to be "represented" on the ground that all inhabitants shared the same interests as the property owners who elected members of Parliament. ... Even with all of this, the major point in the road to the Revolutionary War is when the colonies united for the first and second Continental Congresses. ...

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In reality, the American Revolution was not supported or condoned by all American colonists, as we are sometimes led to believe. ... All throughout the late 17th and 18th centuries, people flocked to "the new world" for a variety of reasons. ... In it, he states "With all its imperfections [The English Constitution] is, and ever will be, the pride and envy of mankind." ... The given definition of a "loyalist" is "a person who professed a continuing allegiance to the King of Great Britain." ... A common stereotype was that all Tories where flag-waving British supporters. ...

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In reality, the American Revolution was not supported or condoned by all American colonists, as we are sometimes led to believe. ... All throughout the late 17th and 18th centuries, people flocked to "the new world" for a variety of reasons. ... In it, he states "With all its imperfections [The English Constitution] is, and ever will be, the pride and envy of mankind." ... The given definition of a "loyalist" is "a person who professed a continuing allegiance to the King of Great Britain." ... A common stereotype was that all Tories where flag-waving British supporters. ...

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Fortunately man had reason at his disposal and long ago reasoned that it would be far better to renounce the state of nature, including his natural right to all things, in favor of establishing a peaceable, safe commonwealth where power would be held by an omnipotent sovereign. ... He saw man in the state of nature as a king, "an absolute lord over his person and possessions-. ... In the state of nature, since all men were equal as kings, no man's property was at all private nor was it safe as every man had a natural right to everything. ... However as soon as it stops fulfilling its e...

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