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Why was King George II the wrong monarch at the wrong time for England in regard to its North American colonial empire?
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∙ 12y ago
It was inevitable that America would become independent of Great Britain. Whether by revolution or by plebiscite - but the introduction of taxes set the spark for feelings that were there long ago. It was King Charles 1 that brought all the colonies under British rule - which before they had a great amount of autonomy from the British crown.
It was King George III, in need of revenue to fight the financial hangover of the Seven Years War that turned to the American colonies with the introduction of the stamp tax.
I don't think it really mattered who was king of Great Britain - the American colonies were seen by Britain as a very lucrative cash cow - to be milked when the British government needed taxes.
Also Britain was concerned that if it let go of the colonies, it would only take another great power - Spain, France, Russia - to go in and takeover what the British had lost. Britain also had to be concerned that to do nothing over the American colonies was to allow all its colonies independence in some form or another - a point made with India later on.
The fact is that the British Empire was at the height of its power when the American revolution occured. George III was unfortunate enough to be king when it happened. I don't think the British response would have been different if it had been William the Conqueror, Henry II, Edward I, Henry III or Elizabeth - the response would have been the same.
Another fact is that the Seven years war drained the British economy. The British needed money - that was not the king's fault - but his advisors suggested going to the American colonies with a new tax to pay for it.
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∙ 12y ago
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