[A]ll men seem now to feel that the fatal compliance in 1766 has encouraged the Americans annually to encrease in their pretensions to that thorough … - George III of Great Britain

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[A]ll men seem now to feel that the fatal compliance in 1766 has encouraged the Americans annually to encrease in their pretensions to that thorough independency which one state has of another, but which is quite subversive of the obedience which a colony owes to its mother country.

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About George III of Great Britain

George III (George William Frederick) (June 4, 1738 – January 29, 1820) was King of the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire until his promotion to King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He is known for serving as King during in the American Revolutionary War, and later during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Native Name: George III
Alternative Names: George III of the United Kingdom George William Frederick George William Frederick Hanover George Hanover King George III Georg Wilhelm Friedrich George III, King of Great Britain Farmer George George III, Elector and King of Hanover Prince George William Frederick Prince George, Duke of Edinburgh Prince George William Frederick, Duke of Edinburgh George, Prince of Wales Prince George of Great Britain Prince George William Frederick of Great Britain Koning van Groot-Britannië en Hannover George III Willem Frederik

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[S]hould a French war be our fate, I trust you will concurr with me in the only means of making it successful, the withdrawing the greatest part of them [the troops] from America, and employing them against the French and Spanish settlements; but if we are to be carrying on a land-war against the rebels and against those two powers, it must be feeble in all parts and consequently unsuccessful.

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