The History of England from the Revolution to the Commencement of the Present Administration (Volume 3) - Tapa blanda

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795. Excerpt: ... C H A P. VII. GEORGE III. Mr. Wilkes returns home.--Eletled for Middlesex, but expelled the House.--Lord North first Lord of the Treasury.-Alderman Becks or d answers the King.,Difpute concerning Falkland's Islands.--Messrs. Cro/by and Oliver sent to the Tower.--Alt to regulate the marriages of,the Royal Family.--Poland dismembered.--Queen Matilda of Denmark dies.--Lord Give pronounced by the House to have rendered great services to his Country.--The Boflonians throw the Company's Tea into the Sea.--The Americans petition the House.--The Quebec bill--A Congress held in Philadelphia. The Americans petition the King.--rLord North's conciliatory motion.--The battle of Lexington and Concord.--The battle of Bunker's Hill.--General Washington made Commander in Chief.--The Siege of Quebec.--Death of General Montgomery.--Lord Dunmore retires from his government of Virginia.--The governors of the two Carolinas retire.--General Howe driven from.Boston. J UPON lord Rockmgham's removal from the ministry the A D..1767. duke of Grafton was appointed first lord of the treasury, the earl of Shelburne secretary of state, lord Camden chancellor, Mr. Charles Townsend chancellor of the exchequer, and Mr.;Jitt, who was immediately created earl of Chatham, lord privy seal. The most sanguine friends of lord Chatham drew unfavorable omens from Iiis dereliction of the commons, and his acceptance of a peerage, and the people began to be jealous not only of his peerage and pension, but even of his new connections. Soon after the formation of the new ministry some riots and tumults were occasioned by the distresses of the poor, from the higll price of provisions; many lives were lost in various places, and the magistrates were at length obliged to call in the military to the aid of ...

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