King George III
Lost the colonies
King George III was the British monarch who reigned from 1760 to 1820, best known in American memory as the king against whom the colonies rebelled.
His name evokes tyranny in American founding mythology: taxation without representation under King George III.
He suffered episodes of mental illness, possibly from porphyria, leading to a regency in his final decade.
In British history, his reign saw both the loss of America and victory over Napoleon.
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- porphyriaHeme pathway enzyme disorder
- CharlotteFeminine name, Carolina city
- Napoleonic WarsBonaparte's military campaigns
monarchy · Seven Years' War · French Revolution · Boston Tea Party · no taxation without representation · public perception · Declaration of Independence · founding fathers · Whigs · taxation policies · American colonies · family lineage · private correspondence · Tories · constitutional crisis · Hanover · despot · tyranny
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- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- royaltyqueen, prince, princess, kings, queens
- Medieval Royaltyqueen, prince, princess, crown, throne
- British Royaltyqueen, prince, princess, crown, throne
- British PoliticsHouse of Commons, Westminster, Whigs, Tories, Commons
King George IIIGeorge Washington
Thomas Jefferson · Benjamin Franklin · Patrick Henry · Samuel Adams · John Adams
King George IIIrepublican
Advocate against hereditary rule
democrat · constitutional republic · popular sovereignty · Abraham Lincoln · Oliver Cromwell
King George IIIQueen Victoria
Long-reigning British empress
Elizabeth I · empire builder · Napoleon Bonaparte · Peter the Great · Disraeli