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Or King George III as he's known to humans and people with genuine history degrees.
George didn't have the de Jure or de facto right to rule prior to shortly before Anne passed on.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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A good egg, though sometimes confused with a Dutch female.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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Please don't be stupid. Please.
Really, please.
It will be interesting seeing the present occupants attempt to unravel the Act of Settlement.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View PostLegally that's what the term 'subject to the Queen' means.
I know it is difficult to get over local or long standing prejudices, yet if we will suffer ourselves to examine the component parts of the English Constitution, we shall find them to be the base remains of two ancient tyrannies, compounded with some new Republican materials.
First. The remains of Monarchical tyranny in the person of the King.
Secondly. The remains of Aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the Peers.
Thirdly. The new Republican materials, in the persons of the Commons, on whose virtue depends the freedom of England.
The two first, by being hereditary, are independent of the People; wherefore in a CONSTITUTIONAL SENSE they contribute nothing towards the freedom of the State.
To say that the constitution of England is an UNION of three powers, reciprocally CHECKING each other, is farcical; either the words have no meaning, or they are flat contradictions.
First. That the King it not to be trusted without being looked after; or in other words, that a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy.
Thomas Paine, 'Common Sense' .Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915
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Ahh, yes, I'm sure Paine was aggrieved by the illegitimate rule of the Hanoverians. It would have been interesting trolling him about the Glorious Revolution.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View PostLegally, he was subject of the Queen - Queen Anne, via the Act of Settlement in 1701, providing for the Hanoverian Succession.
George didn't have the de Jure or de facto right to rule prior to shortly before Anne passed on.
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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi View PostLegally, he was subject of the Queen - Queen Anne, via the Act of Settlement in 1701, providing for the Hanoverian Succession.
George didn't have the de Jure or de facto right to rule prior to shortly before Anne passed on.
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Originally posted by gribbler View PostYou know he wrote "George III", right? Not "George I"?
I frequently confuse William III Orange with a Terry's chocolate orange, Elizabeth I Tudor with Edward Tudor-Pole and Richard, Duke of Cornwall with the Dukes of Hazzard.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915
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Originally posted by Felch View PostAs long as they were citizens when the Constitution was adopted, Paine and Hamilton would have both been eligible.
Alexander Hamilton was born in the Caribbean, moving to Boston in 1772, so by 1787 he would have lived the required 14 years in America."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!
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You know he wrote "George III", right? Not "George I"?Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
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