A Monarch Who Almost Abdicated During the American Revolution

Images in this collages - clockwise from bottom left: Empress Maria Theresa, King George III, King Carlos III, Empress Catherine II. Visit AARevulotion.net for more images and interviews of scholars of the American Revolution with host Adel Aali.

Updated: April 20, 2026 The American Declaration of Independence lists 27 grievances against King George III. It portrays him as an all-powerful tyrant—or as Dr. Richard Bell puts it, “Nero, Richard III, and Attila the Hun all rolled into one.” But that image misses something important. Behind the posture of control, the American Revolution tormented […]