The King Of England

A common phrase is “History is written by the victors”. Perhaps that is the reason why King George III of England is remembered as being the mad king who lost the American colonies. However, there is more to the king than what the rebel colonists made him out to be. King George’s reign of nearly 60 years was full of hardships and setbacks, yet he was a hard worker who was kind and looked out for the welfare of his empire.

After a long time coming, the 13 colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, finally won their independence against the british government on July 4th 1776. This war of independence made not only political changes for the US but also around the world. After years of tension building up, the first strike for americans to be against britain was when the British government implemented the Stamp Act. This was a tax on all stamps to help reimburse Britain for the land they acquired for the 13 colonies. The colonist weren’t all that thrilled about this tax not only because the tax was high but because they had no representation

King Henry VIII of England is the most infamous and notorious of all the Monarchs of England. He was a vile and heartless man who beheaded over 72,000 people in his 38 year reign and called for public celebration when his first wife, Catherine of Aragorn died on the 7th of January,1536.

Hobbes, you are adamant in the claim that an absolute monarchy is the best type of government. However, it is clear that too much power in the hands of one individual will lead to corruption. You believe that people are prone to corruption and wrong deeds. With power solely rested on the divine rulers shoulders, should he fail, the nation will crumble. This kind of government could be toppled very easily, and a lack of a stable system set up in place should the monarch die would mean chaos would run rampant throughout the nation.

Greetings, madness is taking over the colonies. Men are screaming and women and children are crying. England has just issued the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. (history.org) My family supports the Patriots, so we have known how unfair England can be. My family is very upset about what has happened. Speaking of my family, we are the Evans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. My father Walter, and my mother, Sarah, work very hard to make our family successful. My brother Adam is eighteen and he works on my father’s shipyard. I am sixteen and I help my mother with anything she needs, but I also do my chores on my own as well. As I said before, we are Patriots and we are trying to get our representation in England. All we want currently is a spot in Parliament to represent the colonies. The Stamp Act has just made us fight harder. My family is helping the rebels, and trying to earn a spot in Parliament because we believe that our colonies are suffering due to their actions, such as the horrible Stamp Act.

It was the late 1700’s, the New England Colonies were being ruled by the cynical, power-hungry tyrant known as King George III of Great Britain. Although King George did not initialize the colonization of America, he had a drastic effect on its history and what makes modern America what it is today. ¬¬

Alfred the Great was born in the royal village of Want age. He was born in the year 846 A.D... He was born into a family that supposedly could trace their roots all the way back to Adam. His father was king Ethelwulf and his mother was Oostburg noble both by birth and nature. He grew up being loved by everybody around him, his family, friends and even all the people. He was more loved by the people than his older brothers. He was well educated by the court. But even though he was well educated he never got to learn what he wanted to learn the most: liberal arts. He couldn't learn this because there were no good teachers in the kingdom of the West-Saxons.

The year was 1765. The American colonies had been established and were still under the rule of Great Britain, and their leader, King George. Britain and France had just fought a war on American soil. The Indians had assisted France, which proved to be trouble for the British. But after seven years of blood, Britain had emerged victorious. This war had put Britain into debt, and the way they made up for that loss of money was by taxing. They put taxes on many items, which provoked people to hold riots and protests in the streets of my home city, Boston. King George had also decided before that in 1763 to stop Americans from going west of the Appalachians. This, along with the taxes had caused uproar in the colonies. Even though British citizens were being taxed more, the Americans were the ones fussing about it. This was because the Americans weren't being represented in British government. They couldn't vote, or participate in ways the people in Britain could. My great, great, great, grandfather was alive during the time, and was against the Stamp Act. He even joined the Sons of Liberty, a patriot group who helped to push for independence. I have

. You have contravened my liberty with all of your taxes, that I can assure, no one from the colonies agreed to. You have infringed my property by instituting the Proclamation of 1763, via not allowing me to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. You have also encroached my property by enacting the Quartering Act, which gave your soldiers the authority to move inside my home whenever they want. While, I'm just expected to nurse, clothe, bathe, and feed, until they see fit to leave.

As American’s of today, we often take for granted the kinds of freedoms that were earned hundreds of years ago. Sacrifices had to be made in order to gain the amount of freedom we so greatly deserved; sacrifices that were at one point a great risk to many free colonists. As the Parliament wanted to gain more control and money, it took a toll on the colonists in America and led to conflict of interests. The Stamp act was a way for the British to collect money for their expenses and debts. After the rise of tension came the startling Boston Massacre, where 5 colonists were killed by British men on the streets of Boston. At this point tensions are high between the British Parliament and the colonists, and in 1773 when the British decided to add taxes onto the Tea coming in from India, the colonists (some disguised as Indians) had other plans for that taxed tea. They dumped all of the tea into the Boston Harbor, later being named as the Boston Tea Party. As punishment, the British passed the Intolerable Acts, which basically shut down the colonist’s self-government. All of these Acts and incidents were four of the many seeds that led up to the Revolutionary War.

King Henry VIII was one of the most powerful rulers in the fifteenth century, who had a very captivating life many people are not aware of. Most people know Henry VIII as a berserk king with too many wives, but there is more to Henry VIII than that. Many few people know about his life and what he truly contributed to our world. Henry VIII was an almighty leader in England who won’t soon be forgotten.

Today is November first 1765, as me and my brother come downstairs to the dinner table my mother and father are talking very quietly. As we walk into the room my parents immediately stop talking and start getting the table and food prepared. Dinner is very quiet for the rest of the night. While I am reading my book in my room my father walks in and asks me, “You do understand what taxes are? Don't you son?” I replied to him in a questioning tone, “Yes. Why do you ask?” After this my father proceeds to inform me of the new law that was just passed by Great Britain... The Stamp Act. We are already in debt for my fathers gambling addiction, so now I will have to go and get a job to help pay for

Today, I sat down with my family at our home in Boston, and we had a very interesting conversation about the most recent actions of the British Parliament that is hurting all of the colonists, their families, and communities that we live in. Of course, I am talking about the Stamp Act of 1765. At first, I thought I was the only person in our family who paid any attention to the political events and unfair actions of good old mother England. I was a little nervous about how our family was going to react when I told them that I had just signed up to be a member of the Sons of Liberty. My family was very interested in what the Sons of Liberty were going to do to help the colonists in the fight against what all colonists see as unfair taxation

Many English monarchs believed in the divine right to rule. This right was given to them by God, therefore they believed that no one could take their crown or it would destroy the rightful line of succession. However, this was not always the case and some kings such as Richard II had their crown forced from them. If a king believed in the divine right he often had a close relationship with God. In William Shakespeare’s comedies, the divine right to rule a kingdom is present in the ways in which Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V are come to rule England. Both Richard II and Henry V were powerful rulers, whose ruling was heavily dictated by their divine right to rule and their relationship with God. Through exploring the King’s relationship to God in Shakespeare’s tragedies Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, and Henry V, one can see that Henry V is the ideal Christian King.

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