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 TRIED TO|CONSOLE HIMSELF WITH THE|THOUGHT THAT WASHINGTON|WOULD BECOME A DICTATOR.|