George the Third III. and the American revolution the beginnings

George the Third III. and the American revolution the beginnings

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Schriftenreihe:History in contemporary letters
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Georg > III. > Großbritannien, König > 1738-1820
Amerikanische Revolution
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adam_text CONTENTS PAGE Preface .......... vii Manuscript Sources, Official Publications, and Other Works from which Letters have been selected . xi List of Illustrations ....... xvii CHAPTER I The Accession of George III. ..... ι George, be King ! — -Bolingbroke s Idea 01 a Patriot King — The First Speech from the Throne — The New King s Aims and Personality — Pitt Slighted — England s Supremacy — Corrupt Politics· — Legge Dismissed for Bar¬ rington — Bute Enters the Cabinet — The King s Love Affairs — Walpole s Tribute to Lady Sarah Lennox — Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz — George Announces his Betrothal — His Treatment of Lady Sarah — Princess x Charlotte s Letter to Frederick the Great—The Rivals- Princess Charlotte s Arrival and Marriage — -The Royal Coronation — -Pitt and the Spanish Crisis — The Great Commoner Resigns — His Reward — The City s Demon¬ stration — A New Epoch in English History. CHAPTER II The King s Supremacy ....... 43 The Triumph of George III. and Bute — Newcastle s Disillu¬ sionment — Pitt Justified — Capture of Martinique — Fall of Newcastle — The King s Treatment of Him — Bute as Head of the Administration — Peace Negotiations Resumed —· Bedford s Mission to Paris — Capture of Havannah — Gren ville and Egremont Oppose the King — Gren ville s Humiliation — Henry Fox Enters the Cabinet — Bute and Bedford — Final Terms for Peace — Dismissal of Devonshire — Pitt Deserts his Old Colleagues — Bessborough and Rockingham Resign — The King and Bute Mobbed — Pitt s Speech against the Peace — Wholesale Punishment — TheX Treaty of Paris — Bute s Retirement — Whig Hopes of Pitt — Grenville s Ministry — Wilkes and the North Briton — His Trial and Triumph — George III. and Gren ville— Negotiations with Pitt — Their Failure — The Grenville- Bedford Administration — Wilkes s Duel and Exile. xiv CONTENTS CHAPTER III PAGE The Birth of American Independence .... 91 Grenville s Stamp Act — America s Resentment — James Otis s Historic Speech — Where Independence was Born — British Imperialism then and now — Antagonism between Colonial Troops and Regulars — Harrington s Prophecy in 1656— The Fear of Ecclesiastical Rule — The Passing of the Act — Pitt s Isolation — The King s First Attack of Insanity — The Regency Act — Fresh Negotiations with Pitt — Their Failure — The Colonists as the Champions of Liberty — A Warning from America — The Silk Weavers Riots — Grenville, Bedford, and the King — Another Fruit¬ less Appeal to Pitt — Rockingham becomes Prime Minister ■— How America Received the Stamp Act — Washington s Views — Memorials to the King and Parliament — The Debate on American Affairs — Pitt s Speeches — Repeal of the Stamp Act — Edmund Burke s Maiden Speech — The Declaratory Act — Franklin at the Bar of the House — Pitt s Triumph. CHAPTER IV Repeal of the Stamp Act . . . . . .140 Rockingham s Ministry Doomed — Sequel to the Repeal of the Stamp Act — American Rejoicings — Grenville s Cyni¬ cism — Grafton Resigns — Rockingham Offends the King — George III. Sends for Pitt — Pitt Supersedes Rockingham — His mixed Administration — Townshend Strikes a Bargain — Pitt Created Earl of Chatham — His Loss of Popularity — Fresh Disturbances in. America — The Mutiny Act — Fatal Riots among the Colonists — Views of George III. CHAPTER V A Fatal Policy ........ 164 Difficulties of New Administration — Chatham s Dominat¬ ing Power — Burke s Tribute — Corn Riots at Home — Chatham and the Rockingham Whigs — Playing into the King s Hands — Reconstruction of the Cabinet — George III. s Hatred of Grenville — The Indian Problem — Ominous News from America — New York s Defiance and Submis¬ sion — Townshend s Revenue Act — A Wonderful Speaker — Chatham s Mysterious Illness — Its Paralysing Effect upon the Government — George III. Intervenes — Chatham Worn Out — A Pathetic Portrait — Június and Thomas Whately — The Rise of Burke — Death of Townshend — Massachusetts Leads the Revolt against his Revenue Act — North Succeeds Townshend — His Rash Vow — American Opposition and Petitions — Lord Hillsborough s New Office — Francis CONTENTS xv Chapter V — A Fatal Policy—continued. PAGE Bernard — The Hutchinson Letters — The Liberty Riots at Boston — Massachusetts Assembly Dissolved — Red-Coats in Boston — Dissensions in the Cabinet — General Amherst s Successor — Commodore Hood s Opinion of Bernard — Hutchinson s Chief Offence. CHAPTER VI A Kingdom Distracted ....... 225 Wilkes Redivivus — His Fruitless Appeals for Pardon — Returns to Defy the Authorities — An Unworthy Leader of a Great Cause — Elected by the People but Declined by Parliament — Walpole s Account of the Riots — George III. Demands Wilkes s Expulsion — The Outlaw s Trial — Riots End in Bloodshed — A Kingdom Distracted — Wilkes Imprisoned on his Old Convictions — His Fresh Offence from Prison — Re-elected by Middlesex — The Adventures of Dingley — Mob Law in London — The Court Member for Middlesex — The Constitutional Struggle Continued in America — Washington s Views — Virginian Assembly Dis¬ solved — Boston s Controversial War — Samuel Adams openly Hints at Separation — Commodore Hood s Optimism — Revenue Taxes Repealed except on Tea — Hillsborough s Unwarrantable Letter — Increasing Tension in America — Chatham Champions the Constitutional Cause — Burke and the Present Discontents — Június to Grafton and George III. CHAPTER VII The Die is Cast ....... 281 Chatham Leads the Opposition — His Speeches in the Lords — Tri u mph of the Court — Charles Yorke s Dramatic Death — Grafton s Resignation — North Succeeds as Prime Minister — Wilkes as City Alderman — Walpole s Vision of America s Destiny — Gaming at Almack s — First Blood at Boston — The Massacre — Beckford s Address to the King — Chatham s Congratulations to Beckford— Deaths of Beck- ford, Granby and Gren ville — Samuel Adams the all in all — Committees of Correspondence — The Burning of H.M.S. Gaspee — The City of London and the Commons-^— Riots at Westminster — Charles Fox s Dazzling Beginnings — Wilkes v. Home — Begging Letter from Wilkes — The Indian Crisis — Clive s Fate — Publication of the Hutchinson Letters — Massachusetts Petitions for his Removal — Duel over the Hutchinson Letters — Franklin s Acknowledgment — His Ordeal before the Commons — Boston s Historic Tea- party — English Opinion — George III. and Gage s Advice —- North s Primitive Measures — Gage Succeeds Hutchinson —■ Boston s Determination to Resist — Effects in England of the Non-Importation Agreement — Wide Differences of Opinion — Washington s Views — Israel Putnam s Mission — The Die is cast. xvi CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII PAGE Blows must Decide . . . . . . . 347 Washington and Independence — The Conversion of Fox — General Gage s Impotence — The Continental Congress — Suffolk s Rebellious Resolutions — George III. says Blows must Decide — A Shameful Letter- — General Lee on America s Chances of Victory — Gage s Optimism — Raid on Fort William and Mary — Home-made Ammunition — The Committee of Oblivion—Chatham s Sweeping Con¬ demnation — Dartmouth s Instructions to Gage — Chat¬ ham s Plan — Its Premature End — North s Proposals — Their Rejection by the American Congress — More Strin¬ gent Measures Proposed — European Opinion — Sandwich s Outrageous Attacken American Courage — Joseph Warren s Prophecy—General Howe s Expedition — An American in London Sounds the Alarm — Lord Mayor s Petition to the King on Behalf of the Colonists — The King s Reply — Walpole on the Situation — Lexington — Contradictory Accounts of the Fight — Casualty Lists — Who was to Blame ?— Franklin s Gibe — Joseph Warren on the Crisis — Washington on the Lexington Fight — The Commander-in- Chief of the American Army — His Letter to his Wife — The Hand of Destiny.
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