When George III came to the throne of England in 1760, he was the first British born king who ruled for the next 50 years moving Britain to exciting times.
Britain won many territories both in India and Canada, but lost its territories in America at the hands of colonizers who declared independence in 1776 with the final surrender coming in 1781.
The loss of American colonies brought changes in Britain such as the post of Prime Minister being created and appointing Pitt the Younger as the first British Prime Minister and whose legislative powers marked the end of British monarchy’s rule.
At home it was the time of industrial revolution with coal chimneys burning in the nights and Steam engines running to full throttle. In Europe the French were again gaining power and the French revolution of 1789 sealed all the fronts making it clear that French forces controlled Europe and the British ruled the seas.
Nelson’s victory at sea in 1805 and Wellington’s at Waterloo in 1815 marked the end to any major wars between France and England for the next century and the French and Napoleon’s aspirations to rule the world were crashed.
To this day Admiral Nelson is admired by the English for his success in the early 19th century and there is a tall column in Central London’s Trafalgar Square with his statue perched at the very top looking down the Mall at his “Ships of the Line” on top of the lampposts that run down the side of the red tarmac road to Buckingham Palace.
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