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Tyrannical leader? Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy

Tyrannical leader? Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy Are there legitimate comparisons between President Donald Trump and King George III? Rebecca Noble/Getty Images; Kean Collection/Getty Images George III, king of Great Britain and its colonies at the time of the American Revolution, has been maligned unfairly. […]

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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go

Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The countryโ€™s two political parties โ€“ the […]

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