Who were the major luminaries through history whose deeds still impact us today?

[gdgyva]

I guess because we ignore the U.S. Constitution so much these days, that it did not strike me that it affects us all terribly anymore.

King George 3rd's incompetence led to the document's drafting, ultimately, after the revolution and then a short period under the Articles Of Confederation.

So indirectly I have given credit for all that to King George.

Also, I tended to focus on individuals not on group efforts. And it was the Philadelphia and Boston Freemasons that were largely responsible for the American Revolution and the subsequent creation of a new government. So I would be inclined to credit the Freemasons with that instead.

individually, and as a collective those men, and others completely changed the course of human history

and you want to give the "credit" to the idiot king who basically caused it?

okay...i'm done with this thread

/fail

 

[Riveroaks]

individually, and as a collective those men, and others completely changed the course of human history

and you want to give the "credit" to the idiot king who basically caused it?

okay...i'm done with this thread

/fail

If King George 3rd had managed the American Colonies better, there would have been no revolution.

Same as Canada and Australia then. They were both patient enough to wait until England learned that it could not effectively manage it's worldwide empire. Same thing had happened to the Spanish earlier.

So it was really George who has had the influence on us today, not so much the rebels themselves.