KING GEORGE III

Short History Of King George III
England’s longest-ruling monarch before Queen Victoria, King George III (1738-1820) ascended the British throne in 1760. During his 59-year reign, he pushed through a British victory in the Seven Years’ War, led England’s successful resistance to Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and presided over the loss of the American Revolution. After suffering intermittent bouts of acute mental illness, he spent his last decade in a fog of insanity and blindness.

3 INTERESTING FACTS

• was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland
• He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover
• He reigned longer than any monarch before him

IMPORTANCE OF KING GEORGE IN THE WAR

• King George taxed the colonists without representation
• King George started the Boston Tea Party
• King George kept the war going until the Treaty of Paris was signed

Where my person is in the novel, Sophia's War.

"Yes, the lieutenant was a loyal supporter of King George and his parliament."(pg. 54-55 Avi)