A country with no kings

As subjects of the British king, the very idea of criticizing monarchy -- or King George III himself -- was a dangerous one. So how did we become a country where "no kings" is a guiding principle? Something we take for granted?
Holly Brewer (history.umd.edu/directory/holly-brewer) is our guide to the resistance, risk and eventual revolution that transformed a British colony into a democratic country that would have no king.

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