On March 3, 1918, in the city of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern-day Belarus near the Polish border, Russia signed a treaty with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria) ending its participation in World War I (1914-18)
The colonists described king George iii as a tyrant considering he enforced many laws including stamp act which the colonists field was an act of tyranny.