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Washington had ideas of becoming king of the colonies: he had bank notes produced with his own picture on

George Washington was an American "patriot" who opposed Crown Rule in the colonies in the 18th Century.

Washington trained in the British army, and soon developed a reputation for being impetuous and taking unnecessary risks. After his court-martial, he began to develop his talents as a rabble-rouser to sow seeds of discontent among the disaffected poor. In 1775 he began a military campaign using terrorists, known as "Minutemen", in order instil fear in ordinary people who opposed his movement. British peacekeepers would be fired upon by snipers hiding in swamps, and for a short while his movement seriously disrupted trade in certain American colonies. In 1777, Washington was captured by the authorities and should have been hanged as a traitor, but he his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment by the kindness of the King.