George the third had a very wide education for the day. It was an old-fashioned, in a sense, society because this was before the Industrial Revolution.Īnd it was a country at war for much of its time for the next hundred years, primarily with France.
It was a very hierarchical society with a small aristocracy at the top and an awful lot of working people at the bottom of society.
It was a very rural society, about 80% of people took their livings from agriculture. George the third was born in June 1738, the son of the Prince of Wales, Prince Frederick, and his mother, Princess Augusta. He believed in limited government, limited monarchy, never believed in the divine right of kings and so on and never vetoed an act of parliament in his life. And of course, we also know that he was an absurd sort of camp but sinister and sadistic figure from Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical, Hamilton the American Musical. The Common Sense pamphlet that was written by Tom Paine describes him as the royal brute of Britain. And we know that because he was mentioned as being unfit to be the ruler of a free people in the Declaration of Independence. The thing that Americans assume about King George the third was that he was a tyrant. Today, Andrew shares with us that story and the misconceptions about the last English ruler of this country. And also for this feature story, The Last King of America, the misunderstood reign of King George the third. And we return to our American stories and up next, a story from British historian Andrew Roberts, who's written the book Churchill Walking with Destiny. Visit and use the code ILY25 for 25% off.Īlso available at retailers, including Amazon, Safeway and Walmart. I am loving you pet food has a taste they go nuts for with real meat and probiotics to improve digestion.
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