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George III : king and politicians, 1760-1770 / Peter D.G. Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 2002Distributor: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002Description: 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1417590572
  • 9781417590575
  • 9781847790569
  • 1847790569
  • 1280719575
  • 9781280719578
  • 1781700311
  • 9781781700310
  • 9786610719570
  • 6610719578
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: George III.DDC classification:
  • 941.07/3/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • DA506.A2 T47 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The parameters of politics -- The political scenario in 1760 -- Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace -- The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider -- The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America -- The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis -- The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America -- The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments -- The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis.
Preface; 1 The parameters of politics; 2 The political scenario in 1760; 3 Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace; 4 The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider; 5 The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America; 6 The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis; 7 The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America; 8 The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments; 9 The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis.
Summary: George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power or merely exercising his constitutional rights?
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George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power or merely exercising his constitutional rights?

The parameters of politics -- The political scenario in 1760 -- Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace -- The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider -- The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America -- The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis -- The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America -- The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments -- The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis.

Preface; 1 The parameters of politics; 2 The political scenario in 1760; 3 Pitt and Newcastle (1760-1762): war and peace; 4 The Bute ministry (1762-1763): peace and cider; 5 The Grenville ministry (1763-1765): Wilkes and America; 6 The first Rockingham ministry (1765-1766): the Stamp Act Crisis; 7 The Chatham ministry I. The year of Charles Townshend (1766-1767): India and America; 8 The Chatham ministry II. Grafton as caretaker (1767-1768): political re-alignments; 9 The Grafton ministry (1768-1770): the Middlesex Election and the Townshend Duties Crisis.

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