George III: the tyrant who lost America?
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The Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence created this myth, as far as the americans were concerned, of a tyrant king. It was justified very largely on e e expost facto rationalization because it blamed him for things that had already happened after they had started the war in many instances. In about half of the 28 clauses refer to things that er were after the lexington and concord shots had already been fired. But under no circumstances, except for those of the exigencies of of the necessity of war time, would any one call george the third a tyrant. And far from being a cruel, despotic and severe master, in fact, he was an immensely good natured man.
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