... take these events to have stimulated Britain to reject and resist French ideas, the great import of the French Revolution is apparent. However, events on the continent must have also had a deeper and more far reaching impact upon Britain, although it is extremely difficult to gauge this effect with any accuracy. The immediate constitutional implications of the Revolution are of immediate interest to us. George III regarded war with France, as did Burke, as essential to the preservation of decent society, and he drove his ministers to pursue policies which would rally the British propertied classes to the defence of the British constitution. The King's stance stiffened the resolve of the government, and won him the admiration of the majority of his subjects. Soon George became personally identified with a vast patriotic struggle against France. However, despite this evidence of George's continuing role in government, he did in fact ...

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