Prize Medal Essay Contest by the High School Scholars and Schools of Equal Grade of the State of Missouri (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Prize Medal Essay Contest by the High School Scholars and Schools of Equal Grade of the State of MissouriIn England, such men as Burke, Howe, Pitt and Richmond, declared that the Americans were in the right. The people saw in the attempt of the king and his ministers to conquer America, the first step towards the final suppression of English liberties. They refused to serve in the English army, George then applied to Russia for troops. Although the English laid great stress on their aid in the twar with Turkey, Catherine not only refused the troops, but even expressed a wish that the Americans would win, because It was not consistent with the dignity of the Eng lish people to employ foreign troops against her own subjects. The king then applied to Holland for the loan of her Scottish Brigade. Now the Hollanders remembered how they had battled for freedom, and saw that by the American defeat, the grave would be dug for their liberty, so in spite of almost a century's alliance with England, they refused.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.