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	MSN Encarta - George III
		George III (1738-1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820), who presided over the loss of Britain’s American colonies; he was also elector of Hannover (1760-1815) and, by decision of the Congress of Vienna, king of Hannover (1815-1820).
		George was born in London on June 4, 1738, the oldest son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and the grandson of King George II.
		George’s aim was to rule as well as reign, and he was a skillful and astute intriguer; by 1763 he had managed to regain many of the powers that strong Whig ministries had appropriated during the reigns of the first two Georges.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564250/George_III.html (395 words)

	GEORGE III. - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE III. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Grenville was in office till 1765; the marquis of Rockingham till 1766; Pitt, becoming earl of Chatham, till illness compelled him to retire from the conduct of affairs in 1767, when he was succeeded by the duke of Grafton.
		George III., who thought that the first duty of the Americans was to obey himself, had on his side the mass of unreflecting Englishmen who thought that the first duty of all colonists was to be useful and submissive to the mother-country.
		Sir, said the king to John Adams, the first minister of the United States of America accredited to him, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
	83.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GE/GEORGE_III_.htm (4566 words)

	American revolutoinary King George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George met princess Charlotte at 3:00 in the afternoon and was married at 9:00 the same evening.
		George's madness ultimately left the fate of the crown on his eldest son, George IV who ruled as Regent for the last 9 years of his fathers life.
		King George III made the colonists realize that they wanted to be free of him and have a country of their own.
	www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us /wilson/kingg.htm (1199 words)

	Weymouth,Dorset,England - Weymouth and King George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George the third was the first Hanoverian monarch to be born in England.
		George, even as King, was a man of his people and would often engage in conversations with the farmers of wherever he happened to be.
		A monument by way of a statue of George III was erected in 1810 at the junction of the two main streets of the town, St. Mary Street and St. Thomas Street.
	www.weymouth.here-on-the.net /georgeIII.html (668 words)

	Insane King George III
		King George thought the colonists should be dealt with harshly for their disobedience and insolence.
		King George was eventually humbled as the American colonies successfully became the United States Of America.
		King George III died in 1820, at the age of 82, and his son, George IV, succeeded him.
	www.victorianstation.com /kinggeorge.htm (432 words)

	George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Opposition in Parliament to what was regarded as increasing royal influence finally forced George to accept the resignation (1782) of North and the formation of ministries first by Lord Rockingham and then by the earl of Shelburne, who concluded the Treaty of Paris (1783), granting independence to the United States.
		George, who had suffered a short nervous breakdown in 1765 and a more serious one in 1788–89 (which caused a fierce conflict between Pitt and Fox over the powers to be vested in the regency), became permanently insane in 1810.
		George was an honest and well-intentioned man, but his stubbornness and limited intellectual power confounded his efforts to rule well and made him a somewhat tragic figure.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ge/Georg3GB.html (1047 words)

	George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George was only twelve when his father died and his mother's friend, the Earl of Bute, became an important influence on his future development.
		George III was also having trouble with his high-spirited eldest son, George, Prince of Wales.
		George was placed in a strait-jacket and eventually his doctors had a special iron chair made to restrain their patient.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRgeorgeIII.htm (976 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		George III was born in 1738, first son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta.
		George was afflicted with porphyria, a maddening disease which disrupted his reign as early as 1765.
		George was determined to recover the prerogative lost to the ministerial council by the first two Georges; in the first two decades of the reign, he methodically weakened the Whig party through bribery, coercion and patronage.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon55.html (843 words)

	King George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King George III was born on June 4, 1738 in England.
		George III was a strong ruler and treated the people of Britain harshly and ignored their rights.
		George III was the ruler of England for a period of 60 years.
	www.msad54.k12.me.us /MSAD54Pages/SAMS/elmsite/Elmscolonialrevolution/kinggeorgeiii.htm (229 words)

	King George III
		George III took advantage of these conditions, and, putting himself at the head of the Tories, soon became the real master in English politics.
		At length, in 1770, the king, having become supreme in the government, chose as his chief minister a man that he could mold as the potter molds his clay, a man of many noble impulses, but of the class who believed that the king could do no wrong.
		Yet withal, King George has his redeeming traits: he was a man of prodigious industry, he was devoid of hypocrisy, and he led a moral life in the midst of a corrupt court.
	www.usahistory.info /American-Revolution/King-George-III.html (1519 words)

	King George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George III (George William Frederick) was king of Great Britain and Ireland (together the United Kingdom) during the crucial years in the struggle for American independence from Britain.
		Grandson of George II (ruled 1727-1760) and great-grandson of George I (ruled 1714-1727), he was the third Hanoverian monarch of England and the first of this line of British rulers born in England.
		George I became King of England upon the death of Queen Anne, his cousin and daughter of James II.) George III ascended the throne as a young man, at a time when the powers of the monarch were in decline.
	federalistpatriot.us /histdocs/kinggeobio.htm (296 words)

	George IV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George, the eldest son of George III, was born in 1762.
		Whereas George III preferred Tory ministers, George, Prince of Wales, was friendly with the Whigs, Charles Fox and Richard Sheridan.
		George IV persuaded Lord Liverpool and his government to bring in an Act of parliament to deprive her of the title Queen and to declare the marriage "for ever wholly dissolved, annulled and made void".
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRgeorgeIV.htm (597 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians > George III
		George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
		George III, because of his coronation oath to maintain the rights and privileges of the Church of England, was against the proposed measure.
		George III also took a keen interest in agriculture, particularly on the crown estates at Richmond and Windsor, being known as 'Farmer George'.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page111.asp (978 words)

	The World Turned Upside Down - King George III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But George III made a miraculous recovery, and was able to resume his duties a month later.
		During the next nine years George III was occasionally coherent, but spent most of his time wandering in the palace, talking to himself and imaginary companions.
		While historians may argue to what degree King George III should be blamed for the British failure in the Revolution, it is unlikely that he will ever be seen--on both sides of the Atlantic--as anything other than the "blundering" king who let America slip away from the British Empire.
	www.richardferrie.com /kg.htm (566 words)

	King George III
		During his sixty years as king, George was involved in conflicts and controversies and also became one of the most unpopular British kings ever.
		George trusted North and his opinions, but in the end it was North's policies and George's backing of these policies that lead to the American Independence.
		The most important historical fact about King George III it is that he was one of the prime reasons for the American Independence.
	www.lakesideschool.org /studentweb/worldhistory/modernworld/KingGeorgeIII.htm (1048 words)

	American Revolution - Insane King George III of England
		King George III (known as the king who lost America), was born in 1738.
		George III - From Britannia's guide to the history of England, Wales and Scotland.
		The Madness of King George - First of two articles (follow the link in the page to the second) which describes George's "madness" and how it was treated by his physicians.
	www.americanrevolution.com /KingGeorge3rd.htm (541 words)

	Royalty.nu - King George III and Regency England
		George III was far from being the intellectual mediocrity of legend.
		Memoirs of the Reign of King George III by Horace Walpole.
		The Architect King: George III and the Culture of the Enlightenment by David Watkin.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Hanover/GeorgeIII.html (1583 words)

	king george (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King George III was the King of Great Britain and lreland.
		In 1765 George had suffered an apparent dementia and in 1788 he lost his mind to such a degree that a regency bill was passed, but he recovered the following year.
		George had inherited porphyria(a defect of the metabolism that may lead to delirium.) In 1809 the King became blind.
	russell.gresham.k12.or.us /Colonial_America/king_george.html (154 words)

	King George III
		George III was the first of the House of Hanover to be born and educated as an Englishman.
		George III was the longest reigning of the male British monarchs.
		Walpole/MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE III
	www.kinggeorgeiii.com (2505 words)

	George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland
		George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland: Early Reign - Early Reign After his father's early death (1751), young George was educated for his future role as...
		George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland: England in the Reign of George III - England in the Reign of George III Before George died in 1820 the fabric of English life had been...
		George III: Steven Parissien considers the reputation of one of the most controversial of British monarchs: the king who lost the American colonies, spent much of his life in psychological distress but whose active interest in the arts and sciences, and his generous patronage, distinguished him from his Hanoverian predecessors.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0820545.html (428 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Lord North
		The ascension of George III to the throne brought an end to the Pitt- Newcastle government.
		George III stubbornly refused to accept North's resignation or relinquish his colonies.
		George III despised Fox and turned cold towards North for forming a government with him.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/north/north.htm (2398 words)

	The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story: Mecklenburg People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George III was ruler of Britain during the years in which American colonists fought for their independence in the Revolutionary War.
		King George III sent troops to the American colonies to try and suppress uprisings against British authority.
		George IV carried out the rest of his father's reign until King George III died in 1820.
	www.cmstory.org /people/people.asp?id=-746409156 (161 words)

	Lesson 2 The King of England Tries to Tighten His Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King George II thought it was time to tighten his control on the colonies for several reasons:
		King George wanted the colonists to pay for the war through higher taxes.
		King George made a law called the Proclamation of 1763 which stated the colonists could not move westward over the Appalachian Mountains.
	www.mce.k12tn.net /revolutionary_war/lesson_2.htm (315 words)

	George III
		George III was one of the longest reigning British Monarchs.
		The King was poorly suited for the demands presented by the age.
		Finally, George apparently suffered from a hereditary disease that rendered him practically insane for several long intervals, and then ultimately lasted until his death in 1820.
	www.ushistory.org /declaration/related/george.htm (315 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| King George III: Mad or misunderstood?
		In King George's time, his bizarre behaviour and wild outbursts were treated as insanity.
		One of the great mysteries of King George's porphyria was the severity of his attacks.
		And the massive levels found in King George's hair suggested that the arsenic had been liberally ingested over a long period of time.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/health/3889903.stm (785 words)

	Exhiblet: George III Collection - Start
		The Science Museum's King George III Collection is one of the most comprehensive surviving collections of eighteenth-century scientific apparatus.
		First, there is the apparatus which King George III commissioned from the instrument maker George Adams in 1761.
		They were removed to King's College, London in the mid-nineteenth century and finally to the Science Museum in 1927.
	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /collections/exhiblets/george3/start.asp (286 words)

	King George III Topographical Collection
		Scattered on shelves and tucked away in drawers of the royal palaces were a considerable number of atlases, maps, plans and charts that had been part of the working libraries of sovereigns and their consorts since the Restoration in 1660.
		On this foundation, George III began building his topographical collections from the mid-1760s, a period during which Britain was becoming the most prolific, and arguably the most technically skilled, producer of maps and prints in the world.
		The King was well served by his librarian, Frederick Augusta Bamard, who employed agents throughout Europe in his mission to acquire large, ready-made collections as well as individual maps and atlases.
	www.collectbritain.co.uk /Collections/ktop/textintro.cfm (700 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians
		The first of their Kings, George I, was only 52nd in line to the throne, but the nearest Protestant according to the Act of Settlement.
		Two descendants of James II, the deposed Stuart king, threatened to take the throne, and were supported by a number of 'Jacobites' throughout the realm.
		For all that, the Hanoverian period was remarkably stable, not least because of the longevity of its kings.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page105.asp (294 words)

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