I'll bite. I didn't vote because I think he was a bit of both. In the 1700s the Monarchy still had a LOT of influence on Parliament and could have worked much harder to reconcile with the colonies. King George was not willing to allow the colonies to separate peacefully or even give the colonists the protections and guarantees they sought. With that being said, George III was a very sick man at times and often acted pretty wacky, but during his lucid periods he was not a wonderful benevolent despot. He saw the colonies as subservient appendages subject to the whims of King and Parliament and peopled by ungrateful whiners.
Benjamin
Hey wait...this thread doesn't have something to do with my insightful and unbiased defense of the American Revolution in a previous thread? Does it?
Benjamin
Hey wait...this thread doesn't have something to do with my insightful and unbiased defense of the American Revolution in a previous thread? Does it?