About as concerned as King George was ...
King George lost a little corner of an empire that girdled the world, “the sun never sets on the British Empire” and all that, you know.
But the United States of America, born in strife and nurtured by the blood, toil, sweat and tears of its most devoted citizens, has prevailed longer that most European nations of today, with the exception of Great Britain itself and a few remaining kingdoms on the continent. Al the others have been consolidated, or spun apart, from the patchwork of principalities that existed in the 18th Century. And the reason for this relative longevity? The Great American Experiment, in which a republic was established, based on a federal system of sovereign states united with one central authority that always remembered its power flowed from the people upward to the elected representatives, who were always subject to recall when they failed in their duty to represent those who sent them there in the first place. That is why we have elections. The Great American Experiment was to allow the greatest number of people to rise on the basis of merit, to pursue life, liberty and the “pursuit of happiness”, which is codeword for right to quiet enjoyment of property ownership. Which means, no interference by any level of government without due process under the law.
Many people have lost sight of that very profound principle.