Essay About Reign Of The King George III

King George the III had a negative impact on the colonists because of the things he did as king. He was a malicious ruler who oppressed the colonists. He would make the colonists pay unfair taxes on imported goods. He also had a mental illness that could of affected his ability to be a good king.

In 1969, the idea of George having porphyria was first suggested in a study that was published in Scientific American. Porphyria is a blood disorder that can cause madness, anxiety, and insomnia. However, in 2010, there was a study published in the journal History of Psychiatry that said this was not true. It suggests that the reasoning for George’s madness was truly mental illness. George having a mental illness made it difficult for him to be a good king, because a king who is not thinking clearly, is not capable of being a good king.

As king, his people loved him. There is an immense difference between the way the British people felt about him and the way the colonists felt about him, because the taxes he was setting was only negatively affecting the colonists. The Townshend Acts required the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods. They thought that this was unfair, because the Townshend Acts were made by Parliament, not their own colonial government. The colonists were upset that King George was trying to have so much power over them. They protested and rioted.

In 1775, the Revolutionary War started. The war lasted for eight years and five months. George refused to surrender. George was upset as he was very confident that he would win at the beginning of the war. He thought he would win the war, because he viewed the colonists as weak. The colonists had won their independence and they were no longer one of George’s subjects. The colonists were finally able to be on their own.

There is no doubt that King George was a bad king, He was a bad king, because he would make the colonists pay taxes that they should not necessarily have to pay. George might of had a blood disorder called porphyria. Porphyria can seriously effect your behaviour. The Townshend Actstownshend acts were acts that required the colonists to pay taxes on imported goods. The Townshend Acts were one of the main reasons why the colonists were upset with King George.

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