Question

Read the story then answer the following questions:

A Taxing Poem

Poor King George – the bills were mounting fast.
Funds had to come from somewhere, and they had to get there fast.
He’d spent quite bit on the French and Indian War, proving defense, a benefit, to the
colonies across the distant shore.
So King George – a monarch and a king – devised a mighty notion. Oh, what riches it
would bring!
He called upon Americans to foot this costly bill. So what if they objected? It was King
George’s will.
Then King George – a tax he did decree. Now every printed item was subject to a levy.
And to each pesky colonist who dared to be contrary, he’d say, “It’s got advantages – it’s
only temporary.”

Now King George was taken by surprise. That the people were rebellious, he never did
surmise;
Word would spread like fire, all across the nation.
“We will not pay these taxes without proper representation!”
So King George – who did not want a fight – thought he’d repeal the tax, but still retain
the tax every American, the mighty and the small.
He’d bide his time. He’d wait awhile, and the he’d tax them all. *
Sly King George – from far across the sea enacted other taxes on lead and paint and tea
In Boston, angry colonists who did not like this notion rounded up the tea and dumped it
in the ocean.
Oh King George felt like an angry dad whose children needed punishment from making
him so mad.
He closed the port of Boston with a firm and iron fist and hoped to stopped the
movement that was growing its midst

Then King George, believing he was right, at Bunker Hill did battle, at Lexington did fight.
But the colonists weren’t lambs, as previously thought, and stating ‘Independence!”
against King George they fought.
But King George, seated on his throne, gathered his advisors so he would not feel alone.
“Prohibit all their armies from taking all my land! The more they fight,” said George, “the
taller I will stand.”
Old King George, defiant man was he. Yet in the end George surrendered to a patriot
victory.
Each night brings him triumph – Yes, at last! Or so it seems.
For people pay their taxes – if only in his dreams.

1. What facts did King George have to consider before he taxes the colonists?
2. What are the colonists’ opinions of these taxes?
3. Why did King George repeal the tax?
4. What details in the poem describe how the colonists fought at Bunker Hill?

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