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THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
The British royals visit for the fi rst time
BY LAUREN MURPHY
Of No Adults Allowed
On June 7, 1939 the king of Britain
came to America. King George VI (the
sixth), and his wife, Elizabeth, visited
New York City and Washington D.C.
Seeing royalty is always cool, but this
particular visit was important because
no ruler of Great Britain had ever set
foot in America, not even when they
were a colony. Before America was its
own country, it was actually a British
colony, which means that even though
it was not attached to Great Britain, it
still belonged to them. This was working
okay for Great Britain, they had more
land, more resources and more royal
subjects to tax.
America, on the other hand, was not
a huge fan of this arrangement. Since
the people living in the colony weren’t
in Great Britain, they had no idea where
their money was going.
The king would say, “Give me money.”
When the people would ask why
he’d say, “Because I’m the king and I told
you so.” And that was the end of the
discussion.
There were other issues as well
which are stated as the king’s “sins” in the
declaration of independence, but that
comes later. In fairness to the king and
Britain, they had spent a huge amount
of money defending the American
colonies from other world powers and
the taxes were needed to cover those
costs.
Some angry people decided to band
together and decided they were going to
make their own government. The only
problem was they couldn’t make their
own government until they were their
own nation, so they had to overthrow
the British rule in the colonies.
At the time Britain was one of – if not
the most – powerful nation in the world.
Since it was a colony, America relied on
Britain for food, trade, troops, and more.
A successful revolution would require
not only good reasons, but the support
of the other colonists. They drafted a
document called, the Declaration of
Independence, which was a letter to
the monarchy. It explained, or rather
declared, that America was now its own
country.
Unsurprisingly, Britain didn’t like this
much and they fought back for seven
years. Eventually, Britain surrendered
and America claimed independence. As
you might imagine ,the two countries
were not the best of friends; in fact, they
FILE PHOTO
Queen Elizabeth (left) and King George VI (in the top hat) visit the Mount Vernon
home of America’s fi rst president, George Washington.
were very bitter towards each other.
After 150 years of strained relations
with Britain, President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt decided it would be best if
we all got along. He invited the king and
his wife to come to America and have
the perfect visit. They visited New York,
Washington D.C. Roosevelt even served
the royals hotdogs at a picnic.
By the end of the visit, the king and
the president had begun talking about
strengthening the fragile political bonds.
In September of 1939, four months
after their visit, Britain (and France)
declared war. This was the beginning
of World War II for them, Two years
later, America joined its renewed allies
in the fi ght.
Who came fi rst,
King George or ... King George?
Throughout history it seems that ruling
authorities have a general lack of creativity when
it comes to naming their children. King George I
(the fi rst) ruled Great Britain and Ireland from 1714
until his death in 1727. When his wife gave birth
to their fi rst child, a son, and they called him ...
George. He was George II (the second).
George II switched things up a little and named
his son Fredrick. But when Fredrick saw his baby
boy and named him George the III (third). George
III named his son George IV (the forth).
George IV named his son Edward. Edward had
a daughter named Victoria who had a son Albert.
Albert named his son George V (the fi fth).
George V named his son George VI, who was
the last king of Britain. George VI was the father
of the current queen of England, Elizabeth II (the
second).
As you can see there are a lot of people with
the same name, the only diff erence was the
marks behind their names. The symbols next to
their names are roman numerals. I, II, III, IV, V, VI,
VII, VIII, IX, X (that’s one through 10). one=I, so II
is just two ones, which is two. Three I’s is ... you
guessed it, three. V stands for the number 5, if the
I is before the V, then it’s 5–1, if it’s after it’s 5+1.
The same rule applies for X (X stands for 10). IX is
10–1, which is nine.
Below are some problems for you to try and
work out:
a). III
b). XII
c). IV
d). X
Answers:
a) 3
b) 12
c) 4
d) 10
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