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King George III Draft

King George the Third the king of England during the colonial era influenced the American Revolution by passing unfair and biased acts that kept the colonists under England's control. His reasoning during this time period was questionable due to the genetic disease called Porphyria, which caused insanity, may have influenced some of his more unreasonable decisions regarding the colonists. The American Revolution also affected him personally as well as his country of England both politically and economically.

King George was not a popular king and though it may of been that he was just not ready for politics "George was afflicted with Porphyria, a maddening disease which disrupted his reign as early as 1765. Several attacks strained his grip on reality and debilitated him in the last years of his reign. George III died blind, deaf and mad at Windsor Castle on January 29, 1820."("Monarchs of Britian." Britannica. ) King George's ability to think logically and make smart decisions regarding the colonists may have been impeded by his disease. King Georges insanity could of contributed to his unpopular and foolish decisions during the course of the war, most likely due to his disease. King George III became more ill due to the stress from the American Revolution, and went permanently crazy in 1810."(Monarchs of Britian." Britannica. )

Due in part to his disease, though mostly from the American Revolution, George's political opponents chose this time period to try to gain more power and even attempt to remove him from the throne. Lord North and Charles James Fox "produced a plan to reform the East India Company, which aroused fear that they intended to perpetuate their power by controlling Eastern patronage, the king reemerged as the guardian of the national interest. He let it be known that anyone who supported the plan in the House of Lords would be reckoned his enemy. The bill was defeated, and the ministers resigned."("George III." Encyclopaedia Britannica.) King George rallied his nation around him and used this attempt to gain power by defeating North and Fox, and restoring his popularity in the eyes of England’s populace. King George could not focus on the American Revolution during this time and that allowed the colonists to get away with much more than they would of normally been able to.("George III." Encyclopaedia Britannica.)

King George III tried to prolong the American Revolution in his determination to not lose, there would of been far more soldiers that did not have to die on both sides of the conflict had he stopped the war early.("George III." Encyclopaedia Britannica.) Parliament decided to repeal the Townshend acts, except for the tea act, which King George told them to keep on to. Had he not kept the tea act on the colonists tempers may have eventually cooled and the American Revolution may have never had to happen. King George was stubborn and wanted to still tax the colonists even though it was not necessary. This made the colonists angry and helped towards the American Revolution starting.(Sheinkin, Steve, and Tim Robinson. King George: What Was His Problem?)

These are but a few mistakes that King George made during his reign and his incompetence and unprofessionalism jeopardized England and eventually led to them losing the American Revolution. King George gave political postitions to his supporters and was all in all a corrupt and tyrannical King.(King George III. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2010.) code //BBC//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2010. . code code "George III." //Encyclopaedia Britannica//. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. code code . code code //King George III//. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2010. . code code "Monarchs of Britian." //Britannica//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. . code code Sheinkin, Steve, and Tim Robinson. //King George: What Was His Problem?// New York, New York: Roaring code code Brook Press, 2005. Print. code