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During the American Revolution, rebels did destroy a statue of King George III.
Because they opposed the tea tax and did not want to be branded as followers of the King.
The American patriots tore down statues of King George III because they did not want to be subjects of the King and did not want statues of someone they branded as a "despot" in their public places.
The King of Great Britain, King George III.
It was taken to the home of Oliver Wolcott,in Connecticut a signer of the Declaration of Independence and General in the colonial armieswhere two of his children are attributed with making 10,000 musket balls from the lead in the statue.