King George III Attacked in Scarce Pro-American Newspaper Printed in England The Crisis. London, England: T.W. Shaw, June 10, 1775. No. XXI. 6pp (pp. 135-140), 6.75 x 11.25 in. Rare weekly newspaper / pamphlet printed by the Radical Whigs in England in support of the American Revolution against Great Britain. It is unabashedly pro-American and attacks King George III as an absolute monarch having unrestrained power over the American Colonists. He is called a tyrant approx. eight times throughout the issue.