King+George+III

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 * 1) media type="youtube" key="X8lJ8XzX_GM" height="385" width="640"[[image:http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/king(29).JPG width="99" height="101"]] king george III lived from 1738-1820. when he was just 12, his father died, and at age 11, he learned to read. He had the colonies fight during the French and Indian war. then he started to tax the colonists for the war and imperial defense.(britannia monarchs of britain)but that made them very angry. they started doing things like the boston tea party. then when he found out they had weapons, he sent british soldiers to lexington and concord.that started the american revolution. he strongly supported the war against them and tried to destroy them every way possible. (reflections the united states making a new nation, 2007)during the war he married charlotte mecklinburg-strelitz and they had 15 children. he had four prime minsters before he actually trusted one. they were george grenville, marquis of rockingham, earl of chatham,and the duke of grafton. he trusted lord north, who was prime minister for ten years. george was a very unpopular king several people tried to assasinate him. then in 1793 another war with france started. it lasted for a while but england won. george had suffered mental breakdowns and got a disease called porphyria that would make him crazy. when he lost the colonies he gained part of ireland. in 1807, the slave trade was abolished. in 1812 he fought america again but lost in 1814. he died on january 29, 1820. (social studies for kids)


 * born in 1738
 * learns to read at age 11
 * father dies at age 12
 * marries charlotte mecklinburg strelitz
 * gets disease called pophyria
 * french and indian war starts
 * britain wins [[image:http://www.skyscanner.net/news/union.jack.flag.JPG width="356" height="244" align="right"]]
 * george starts taxing colonists
 * boston tea party
 * boston massacre
 * revolutionanary war starts
 * britain loses
 * george gains ireland
 * another war with france starts in 1793
 * suffers mental breakdowns do to disease
 * war of 1812
 * loses in 1814
 * dies at windsor castle deaf, blind and crazy in 1820



( BIBLIOGRAPHY) britannia-monarchs of britain,copyright britannia.com ,2007,NA historycentral.com,copyright multieducator,2008 socialstudiesforkids,na,