Calendar: 1886-1887 Page 357

DEPARTMENT FOR LADIES 305 ENGLISH HISTORY 1754-1803 Easter Term 1887 The Seven Years War 'Conquest of Canada The New Reign Rise of the New Tory Party The Resignation of Pitt Peace with France and Spain George Grenville's Ministry Wilkes and the "North Briton The Stamp Act The Rockingham Ministry Ideas of Pitt and Burke on American Taxation Character of Chatham's Ministry 1766 Chat- ham's illness Townshend's Ascendency Indirect Taxation imposed America Death of Townshend 1767 Growing Ascendency of Lord North Ill-feeling in America The Middlesex Election 1768 Resignation of Chatham Wilkes expelled from the House of Commons 1769 Luttrell declared Member for Middlesex Return of Chatham to public life 1770 Lord North Prime Minister Chatham's Views on Parliamentary Reform Views of Edmund Burke Com- parison of their opinions with those of Rousseau and Voltaire Contest with the Press Junius Reports of Parliamentary Debates no longer resisted 1771 Growing resistance in America The extraordinary military expenses All duties repealed but the Tea Duty 1769 The so-called Boston Massacre 1770 The Boston Tea Ships 1773 Closing of Boston Harbour 1774 Suspension of the Charter of Mas- sachusetts Soldiers to be tried in England Battles of Lexington and Bunker's Hill 1775 Congress appoints Washington Commander in Chief The Declaration of the Independence 1776 Strong English feeling in favour of the war European opinion in favour of America Washington at Valley Forge 1777 Burgoyne's capitulation at Saratoga Chatham's Speech for Conciliation North offers everything except Independence Alliance between France and America Progress of the War its growing unpopularity in England The Lord George Gordon Riots 1780 Movement for Econo- ζ