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Please try to keep cause before effect. Aside from an isolated period of disorientation, the first documented bouts of our mental illness date from 1788, five years after the end of the Colonial uprising. It is difficult to see how that could have affected our governance of the Colonies.

If they had turned him into a constitutional monarch with no power to tax or conduct extrajudicial executions, it would be a considerable improvement.

In partial answer to all the unfair comparisons between us and the present US government, we would like to note that our Redcoats have never flinched at a sandwich thrown at them.

People on Bluesky seem to genuinely believe European monarchies (well, the UK, I doubt they even know others exist) have monarchs with direct unlimited power to make laws. This wasn’t even true for George III.

Paywalled and expensive.

The last time (1600s) a King of England had the power to implement taxes (tariffs) without Parliament's approval, he literally lost his head (Charles I)

George III didn't tax colonists, Parliament did

Trump's tarrif taxes need congressional approval.

We could not impose taxes without the concurrence of Parliament.

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Nov. 5, 1775: George III receives numerous memorials from towns in England and Scotland expressing abhorrence of the "unnatural rebellion" in America and professing loyalty to the king. The profusion of addresses is no coincidence, but the work of Prime Minister Lord North to please his sovereign.

It's been said before, but it's pretty funny Trump isn't going after the powers that George III had, but all the way back to Charles I

Treason is, in fact, defined in the US Constitution, so other actions could be deemed treasonous only by an amendment. The statute in question extends it by specifying the penalties.

Just wondering why the people who love to mock mental illness so rarely go on about "mad composer Robert" (Schumann).

Perhaps because they have you vastly outgunned and aren't an ocean away with 18th-century technology. You barely won the first time.

We were born in England and are unaware of any German accent in our speech. George I (our great-grandfather) and George II (our grandfather) were born in Germany.

Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, fourth son of George III and father of Queen Victoria, was born in London on 2 November 1767. He predeceased his father; Victoria was seven months old when he died.

Congress Gets Bad News–November 1, 1775 - 250 and Counting In July 1775, there were still several delegates to the Second Continental Congress who thought that reconciliation with Britain was a possibility. There wer...

On This Day in 1775: word gets back to the Continental Congress that King George III was not especially receptive to the Olive Branch Petition.
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Queen Charlotte was never Regent. Our son (later George IV) was, by an act of Parliament as you say.

Yes, everyone after George III. The only Kings of England not to speak English as their first language are the French speakers from William I to Henry III, Dutch-speaking William III and German-speakers George I and II.

Henry VII may have spoken Welsh as a child.

It’s often overlooked in American circles that George III was following his prime minister and parliament (like a modern monarch) with the Revolution.

We got better. :)

In Chicago, a search indicates the ones in the Chicago area are stationed at an Army Reserve Center in Elwood. They obviously have to be stationed somewhere, but "quartering" in the context of colonial complaints refers to a specific practice.

Quartering means requiring private buildings to provide housing to soldiers. When done with homes, it violates the Third Amendment. Has this actually been happening anywhere?

Was 'The Madness of George III' Retitled for U.S. Audiences? Was the title of the film 'The Madness of George III' changed because American audiences might have thought it was a sequel?

Not exactly apocryphal, but not entirely accurate either.
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But if you really want to get depressed, look up the "Bomb Agrabah" poll.

There has been a great deal of writing on this subject. The king was targeted in the Declaration of Independence, but not in other founding documents. One example: iep.utm.edu/american-enl...

If only we could claim so much credit. Those principles flow from British traditions that predated our lifetime, and the Colonists' claim was that they weren't granted all the rights of British citizens.

YouTube video by History Hub Glorious Revolution or Dutch Invasion? | 1688 Revisited

When was England most recently successfully invaded, resulting in the installation of a new king? Hint: It wasn't 1066.
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Today in London riotous history, 1795: king George III attacked by angry crowds. As related in our previous post, the reforming London Corresponding Society (LCS) held a rally in Copenhagen Fields, Islington, on October 26, 1795, called to protest against the widespread hunger …

#OnThisDay in London riotous history, 1795: king George III attacked by angry crowds protesting war against France and poverty, and demanding political reform
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#meta The Proclamation of 1763 is one point where I'd have to say George III was more in the right than the colonists.

Those "sheep and quislings" removed our royal powers in 1811.

In our Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, issued on August 23, 1775, we urged all British subjects to report anyone conducting correspondence in support of the colonial revolution. Mr. Trump is proving to be a capable student.