loyalists loved king george III but he was a certified nutcase...and wasnt it his advisors who did everything anyhow?
Another quick question...Were there any colonists who somehow remained loyalists, but maybe left England for maybe another reason other than the King??
2007-01-23 05:28:10 · 9 answers · asked by flyingtomercy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think its because they still believed in the Divine Right of Kings crap, in which case sanity wasn't even considered.
As far as the colonists were concerned, I think many if not most of them saw the opportunity to become wealthy with all of the untapped natural resource in the New World begging to be exploited, so they weren't really fleeing Crazy George per se.
2007-01-23 05:40:43 · answer #1 · answered by The Father of All Neocons 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People were loyal to King George because he was the symbol of England. I'm not sure if people knew at the time that he was insane. Anyway, even if they did know, he was like God's avatar for England. Father of the country and all that.
2007-01-23 05:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by Finish Reading Ugly Rennaissance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People usually stay loyal to nutcases as long as they are authoritative figures, no matter when and where. It's not because people like to or want to, but for the sake of everyday life, that is just the way it has to be in reality.
Not everyone has the luxuary of getting over the history of his/her own time to reflect back at things.
2007-01-23 05:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by Claim The Earth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nutcase or otherwise, the King has a lot of authority. And quite imaginably, a crazy king is a lot more dangerous than one that is sane.
2007-01-23 05:33:41 · answer #4 · answered by Ilich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-27 09:27:43 · answer #5 · answered by Betty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you could say the same thing about the Mr. President, our own resident St. George.
2007-01-23 05:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by Abhishek Joshi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes to down fear or love. Most powerful people would rather be feared then loved. Believe it or not fear does last longer since people take kindness for weakness.
2007-01-23 06:50:22 · answer #7 · answered by BionicNahlege 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you assume they had a choice?
Question 2: Yes, there were plenty.
2007-01-23 05:37:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask your history teacher.
2007-01-23 05:37:28 · answer #9 · answered by lizie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋