What did King George III do that the colonists didnt like?

Answer 1

There were many, the "List of Rights and Grievance" in the Declaration of Independance states them all, but I shall give you a few that I can remember.

Taxing them without representation in parliament
Making them pay to Quarter troops that were there for their protection
Proclamation Act of 1763 that said they couldn't cross the Appalachian Mts. (because king Gearge didn't want to have to defend them against the indians anymore)
making them send anyone who committed a crime in the colonies to England
Intolerable Acts(or Coercive)
Sugar Act
cutting of their trade with other countries
dissolving repeatedly the House of Burgesses
refusing to read the Olive Branch Petition
sending smugglers to Nava Scotia to be tried(and always found guilty)
fixing Eglish legal system against colonists(judges were paid a generous wage for finding colonist guilty)

and many, many others, but that's all I could recall off the top of my head. REad the declaration of Independence, its actually extremely interesting.

Answer 2

King George III started taxing the colonists for the troops he was sending to America to protect them,but at the same time the colonists had no say in the British Parliament as to how they should govern themselves. Taxation without Representation.

Answer 3

Read the Declaration of Independence. It is mostly a list of all the things that King George III did that the colonists didn't like.

Answer 4

King George was a power figure head in England. but the power to tax and issue proclamations was done primarily by Parliament. Most of the issues that the colonists found objectionable were made and issued by the House of Parliament. George just signed the approval.

The biggest gripe the America's had with the George's and their Hapsburg reign, was that they were not English LOrds, but German interlopers given the Throne by Marriage

Answer 5

Imposed the Stamp Act upon them. They felt that this was an unfair tax, because they had no say in the process. Therefore the phrase, "No taxation without representation.". Now we have elected representatives who impose taxes upon us, because they ignore the will of the people who elected them. But at least we have representation.

Answer 6

taxes on tea and other items of need for the colonists

Answer 7

British government under George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 that placed a boundary upon the westward expansion of the American colonies. The Proclamation's goal was to force colonists to negotiate with the Native Americans for the lawful purchase of the land and, therefore, to reduce the costly frontier warfare that had erupted over land conflicts. The Proclamation Line, as it came to be known, was incredibly unpopular with the Americans and ultimately became another wedge between the colonists and the British government, which would eventually lead to war. With the American colonists generally unburdened by British taxes, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the crown to pay for its military excursions and the defense of the American colonies from native uprisings. So, after George Grenville became Prime Minister, he introduced the Stamp Act, which levied a stamp duty on all printed paper in the British colonies in North America. Grenville attempted to reduce George III to a mere puppet. The King requested William Pitt the Elder to accept the office of Prime Minister, but was unsuccessful. George then settled on Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, and dismissed Grenville in 1765.

Lord Rockingham repealed Grenville's unpopular Stamp Act. He faced considerable internal dissent, and was replaced in 1766 by William Pitt, whom George created Earl of Chatham. Lord Chatham proved to be pro-American, criticising his colleagues' harsh attitudes towards the American colonists. George III, however, deemed that the chief duty of the colonists was to submit to him and to Great Britain and he resented the Americans' rebellious attitude. Lord Chatham fell ill in 1767, allowing Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton to take over government, although he did not formally become Prime Minister until 1768. Political attacks led him to leave office in 1770, once again allowing the Tories to return to power.

The government of the new Prime Minister, Frederick North, Lord North, was chiefly concerned with the American Revolution. The Americans grew increasingly hostile to British attempts to levy taxes in the colonies. During the Boston Tea Party in 1773, a Boston mob threw 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbour as a political protest, costing approximately 10,000 Pounds. In response, Lord North introduced the Punitive Acts, known as the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts by the colonists. The Port of Boston was shut down and legislative elections in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay were suspended.

Armed conflict broke out in America in 1775. Some delegates to the Second Continental Congress drafted a peace proposal known as the Olive Branch Petition, but fighting had already erupted when the document arrived in Britain. On July 4, 1776 (American Independence Day), the colonies declared their independence from the Crown. The Declaration of Independence made several political charges against the British king, legislature, and populace. Amongst George's other offences, the Declaration charges, "He has abdicated Government here. . . He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people." On the same day, George III wrote "Nothing important happened today" in his diary.[citation needed] While itself not indicative of George III's opinion of the Declaration, as communication at the time was not instantaneous, this statement has been used by fiction writers as a comment on historical irony.

George III was indignant when he learned of the opinions of the colonists. Although in the subsequent American Revolutionary War Great Britain fared well to begin with, the tide turned after the surrender of the British Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga. In 1778, France signed a treaty of friendship with the new United States. Lord North asked to transfer power to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, whom he thought more capable. George III, however, would hear nothing of such suggestions; he suggested that Chatham serve as a subordinate minister in Lord North's administration. Chatham refused to cooperate, and died later in the same year. Great Britain was then at war with France, and in 1779 it was also at war with Spain.

George III obstinately tried to keep Great Britain at war with the rebels in America, despite the opinions of his own ministers. Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth both resigned rather than suffer the indignity of being associated with the war. Lord North advised George III that his opinion matched that of his ministerial colleagues, but stayed in office.

IS THIS ENOUGH INFO.? :-)~

Answer 8

There main beef was, 'taxation without representation'. But he also prevented westward expansion.

Answer 9

Because he used to eat grass.

Answer 10

http://www.pbs.org/standarddeviantstv/transcript_amergov.html i hope this helps you out
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