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George III: the tyrant who lost America?

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What Did George the Third See as a King?

In theory at least, he he had enormous mans power. He could a he could veto bills of the house of commons and the house of lords. But he didn't use these powers any more than his grandfather - george the second. E he he never er vetoed a bill, for example. You know, that was queen anne who was the last person to do that. So in fact, he fits very easily, i think, in the in the trajectory between the glorious revolution and queen victoria.

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