George III : King and Politicians 1760-70.

The eighteenth-century was long deemed 'the classical age of the constitution' in Britain, with cabinet government based on a two-party system of Whigs and Tories in Parliament, and a monarchy whose powers had been emasculated by the Glorious Revolution o. This study furthers the work of S...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Peter D. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2002.
Temas:
George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820.
George > III, > King of Great Britain, > 1738-1820
1760-1820
British and Irish history.
European history.
History.
Humanities.
Regional and national history.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Kings and rulers
Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1760-1820 (George III)
Great Britain
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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  • 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.
  • 10 George III, Lord North and the defeat of 'faction' (1770)11 Conclusion: factions or parties?; Bibliography; Index.

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