Essay Archive - The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George
The Madness of King George was written in 1781. It was the story
of the struggle to gain power over the throne of England between a father
and his son. King George was a very controlling man and liked to have
complete control over everything he dealt with. King George and his wife
had a good relationship, but he did not get along well with his son, the
Prince of Wales. At the beginning of the American Revolution George began
to have pains at night. William Pitt the Younger, the King's Prime
Minister, put it off as stress due to George's lack of power over the
Americas. Any time the Americas were brou....
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