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    King George III ruled from 1760 to 1820, during which time he had 15 children with his devoted wife Queen Charlotte. He took keen interests in science and agriculture. In his later years, George III fell ill with the hereditary disorder porphyria and became mentally unfit to rule, with his son acting as regent from 1811 onward. Key events during his reign included the American Revolution, wars with France and America, the abolition of the slave trade, and the introduction of income tax.

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    King George III ruled from 1760 to 1820, during which time he had 15 children with his devoted wife Queen Charlotte. He took keen interests in science and agriculture. In his later years, George III fell ill with the hereditary disorder porphyria and became mentally unfit to rule, with his son acting as regent from 1811 onward. Key events during his reign included the American Revolution, wars with France and America, the abolition of the slave trade, and the introduction of income tax.

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    KING GEORGE III AND ROLES OF

    SOCIETY
    By Amanda Shipley
    KING GEORGE III

    Born June 4, 1738


    Became heir to thrown in 1751 after his father died, succeeding his
    grandfather George II in 1760
    First king to study science as a part of his education.
    Had his own astronomical observatory.
    Took keen interest in agriculture, particularly on the crown estates at
    Richmond and Windsor, being known as “Farmer George”.

    King George
    III’s Signature
    KING GEORGE III AND THE
    AMERICAN REVOLUTION
    KING GEORGE III FALLS ILL

    Mentally unfit to rule in the last decade of this reign; eldest son George IV
    acted as Prince regent from 1811.
    Some medical historians have said that George III’s mental instability was
    caused by a hereditary physical disorder called porphyria.
    In his last years he became physically and mentally weak and became
    blind.
    Died at Windsor Castle on January 29, 1820 after a reign of almost 60
    years- second longest in British history.
    KING GEORGE’S FAMILY

    George was a family man


    Had 15 children
    Extremely devoted to his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelite for whom
    he bought The Queen’s House (later enlarged to become Buckingham
    Palace)
    His sons disappointed him and after his brothers made unsuitable secret
    marriages, the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 was passed at George’s
    insistence.
    Under this act, the sovereign must give consent to the marriage of any
    lineal descendant of George II, with certain exceptions.
    IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING THE
    REIGN OF KING GEORGE III
    George III becomes king
    1760
    Boston tea party
    1773
    American war of Independence begins when colonists fight British troops at Lexington.
    1775
    July 4, American congress passes Declaration of Independence.
    1776
    Americans, supported by the French Fleet, defeat the British at Battle of Yorktown.
    1781
    September 3, Treaty of Paris ends American war of Independence. Britain recognizes
    1783 American Independence.
    King George III’s first attack of porphyria.
    1788
    Britain and French war
    1793-1802
    Income tax is introduced
    1798
    IMPORTANT EVENTS DURING THE
    REIGN OF KING GEORGE III

    Napoleon assembles a fleet for invasion of England


    1803
    Slave Trade Act abolishes slave trade in the British Empire.
    1807
    Final illness of George leads to his son becoming regent in 1811.
    1810
    War of 1812 between British and Americans
    1812
    Corn Laws passed by Parliament to protect British agriculture from cheap
    1815 imports.
    Kings wife, Queen Charlotte, dies.
    1818
    Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, of political reform campaigners.
    1819
    Death of King George III, aged 81 years.
    1820

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