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did you perhaps mean 1914? i’m not a historian but i DID watch Hamilton a few times and it really seemed like King George had quite a lot of power and authority

• yakubin 4y ago
  Particularly since Elisabeth I came long after that date. It’s definitely not 1414.
  • whoooooo123 4y ago
    I'd say it's 1688: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution
    • pmyteh 4y ago
      Other possible choices are 1708 (last example of the monarch refusing royal consent to an act of parliament, Queen Anne on the Scottish Militia Bill), or 1834 (last example of the monarch dismissing their government, William IV sacking the Whigs; he had to have them back in 1835 as the Tories he installed couldn't command a majority of the Commons). Or you can point to things like the Kerr Sacking (in Australia, but using (vice-)regal power) and say it's not quite done yet, though in decline for centuries...
• triceratops 4y ago
  I often wonder if George was merely the figurehead for colonial frustrations. After all, Parliament precipitated the revolution by insisting that they had the power to tax the colonies.
• bb123 4y ago
  It is hard to put an exact date on it - but 1414 is the first time the King acquiesced that parliament had to give approval for new laws.