George III : king and politicians, 1760-1770 /
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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Manchester ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,
2002.
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Table of 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.