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.
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.
The King of Great Britain, King George III.
During the American Revolution, rebels did destroy a statue of King George III.
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Because he was Australia's King.
Because they opposed the tea tax and did not want to be branded as followers of the King.
Either way, it doesn't matter.
King George V what? Coin? Cup? Bust? Statue? Photo? Autograph? There are literally thousands of things you could be thinking of and millions of values, depending on conditions and whatnot.
patriots threw ropes around it and pulled down causing it to smash and crumble into pieces :)
usually it refers to the incident in Litchfield when the statue of King George the 3rd was melted to be made into bullets for the army.
== == Colonist Melted it into bullets and fired it at the red coats aka: British soldiers!!!!
the king statue
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 daughters of liberty put a statue of him in bostons town commons