THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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The king of Prussia during the time of the French Revolution
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The king of England at the time of the American Revolution
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The tsar of Russia
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The king of France during the American Revolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -George III was the King of Great Britain and Ireland during the American Revolution. The death of his father, Frederick Lewis, the Prince of Wales, in 1751 meant that the 22-year-old prince succeeded his grandfather, George II, to the throne in 1760.
Detailed explanation-2: -As King of Great Britain during the American Revolution, George III has become to many Americans a byword for tyranny and the arrogance of the old European aristocracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -1760-1820) George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He became heir to the throne on the death of his father in 1751, succeeding his grandfather, George II, in 1760.
Detailed explanation-4: -“America is lost! Must we fall beneath the blow?” he wrote in a neat, sloping hand. “Or have we resources that may repair the mischiefs?” These were the words of George III-father, farmer, king-as he weighed Britain’s future.
Detailed explanation-5: -[ This description is from the project: Coming of the American Revolution ] King George III issued this Proclamation on 23 August 1775, in response to the arrival of William Penn in England, carrying Congress’s petition for independence. This action officially declared the colonies to be in a state of rebellion.