THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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King George III
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Parliament
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British merchants
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The King’s ministers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. It was clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence that the Americans indicted King George III for ceaseless usurpations and injuries. This is because many believed that the crown was used to establish despotism.
Detailed explanation-2: -A list of grievances indicted the king for “repeated injuries and usurpations” of the colonists’ rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -The heart of the Declaration lies in the 27 separate indictments against George III, whom the founders label a tyrant unfit to rule over a free people. In making such accusations, the authors risked punishment for what the British considered a form of seditious libel.
Detailed explanation-4: -Previous petitions of the Continental Congress had been addressed to the King-specifically, “Most Gracious Sovereign". Though King George III is the subject of the Declaration of Independence, it is not addressed to him. Rather, it is addressed to “a candid world".