THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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George Washington
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John Adams
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Samual Adams
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Ethan Allen
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King George III
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first royal heir born in Britain in 130 years, George III’s reign as a patriot king was intended to mark a new chapter for a British monarchy that had been criticized as more interested in matters in Europe than at home.
Detailed explanation-2: -He was the third Hanoverian monarch and the first one to be born in England and to use English as his first language. George III is widely remembered for two things: losing the American colonies and going mad.
Detailed explanation-3: -Famous patriots included George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Ethan Allen. Patrick Henry’s famous Patriot speech at the Virginia Convention in 1775 summed up their beliefs when he said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Detailed explanation-4: -Patriots saw King George III as a tyrant who ruled unfairly, imposed unfair taxes, and used deadly violence against colonists in the Boston Massacre.