As legend has it, near the tail end of the Revolutionary War, officers of the Patriot army made an offer to George Washington: to make him the first king of the United States. If this urban myth is true, his refusal made it possible for America to be established as the democratic republic it is today. But what if General Washington had accepted, becoming King George I of America?  Our Royal Hyperfixation The jarring truth is America may not have looked as unrecognizable as we imagine with a king at its head.

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