Unjust
Shortly after the war in America started, King George sent troops to America to deal with the rebels and an MP hired mercenaries to be sent as well. The public and newspapers from England began to criticize King George for the way he chose to deal with the problem, claiming that his actions were unnecessary and unjust. They even make it seem as it was King George’s plan to start the war. All these events are iconic considering how the media hinted that King George was plotting against his own country.
More damage than good
In the first chapter, it is mentioned a speech King George delivered in 1775 in which he label the Americans as being rebellious and as wanting to build their own empire. King George accuses George Washington of wanting to build his own empire and of wanting to separate the Americans from the British. King George claims that what the Americans want is independence even though the Americans never expressed directly their wish for independence. Ironically, what pushed the Americans to seek their independence was King George’s speech. Until that speech, what the Americans wanted was to become an autonomous colony loyal to Britain and to the crown.
Colorful crowd
The British Parliament and the King made the Americans seem to be as extremely nationalistic and bent on breaking America from Britain. While it is true that some men were driven by patriotic views, the truth is that many men who went on to fight in the war against the British Empire were driven by poverty and by a lack of a stable job. This is ironical considering how the British elite made the American soldiers to be.
Aristocrat
George Franklin is the man most often associated with the war between America and Britain. Ironically however, Washington was a member of the American aristocracy that descended directly from the original British immigrants. Washington was known for liking the same things that characterized the British aristocracy but despite this he is most often associated with the American resistance against the British.
Everything goes
In the beginning of the narrative, Benjamin Franklin is concerned with the lack of men willing to fight for the country. If in the beginning many were willing to take part in the war because they were promised money, when the winter came and some men died because of the cold, many decided not to get enrolled again. Thus, Washington finds himself in the situation to hire black people and men coming from New England to fight against the British. Ironically, Washington is willing to accept these people only when he realizes that he has no other choice.
