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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>History</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/71.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Re: Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/318976.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:21:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:318976</guid><dc:creator>I. Ryan</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/318976.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=318976</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/Themes/mises2008/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Scott F:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not really a discussion just more of me learning about US history and telling everyone else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In answer to the question ,&lt;a href="http://chss.montclair.edu/English/furr/gbi/docs/kingmyth.html"&gt;recent scholarship says No.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I never heard that version of the story. Instead, in middle school and whatever, they told us that he was &amp;quot;asked&amp;quot; to be the president for a further term but refused because he did not want to be &amp;quot;like a king&amp;quot; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/318973.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:11:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:318973</guid><dc:creator>Gipper</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/318973.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=318973</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;He was never offered to be King, but there was discussion on what the title of the leader of the country would be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317455.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:46:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:317455</guid><dc:creator>Willink</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317455.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=317455</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Reminds me of Hamilton&amp;#39;s suggestion at the Constitutional Convention of there being a &amp;quot;permanent president&amp;quot;, among other bizarrely tyrannical ideas.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317269.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:44:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:317269</guid><dc:creator>hayekianxyz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317269.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=317269</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317264.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:33:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:317264</guid><dc:creator>scineram</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317264.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=317264</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;King of what?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/315088.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:46:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:315088</guid><dc:creator>Telpeurion</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/315088.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=315088</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;The real Washington is far from the picture most have of him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Debunking US myths: did washington really refuse being King?</title><link>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/308565.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:44:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:308565</guid><dc:creator>AnonLLF</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/308565.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=71&amp;PostID=308565</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not really a discussion just more of me learning about US history and telling everyone else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In answer to the question ,&lt;a href="http://chss.montclair.edu/English/furr/gbi/docs/kingmyth.html"&gt;recent scholarship says No.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>