KING GEORGE ALMOST|ABDICATED THE THRONE|WHEN THE BRITISH LOST!||AFTER YORKTOWN, |GEORGE III VOWED TO |KEEP FIGHTING. WHEN|PARLIAMENT DEMURRED,|THE KING WROTE A |LETTER OF ABDICATION |AND THEN WITHDREW IT. |HE CONSOLED HIMSELF |WITH THE THOUGHT|THAT WASHINGTON WOULD|BECOME A DICTATOR.|