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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1890-1891-354

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304 DEPARTMENT FOR LADIES Growing ascendency of Lord North-Ill-feeling in America -The Middlesex Election 1768 -Resignation of Chatham -Return of Chatham to public life 1770 -Lord North Prime Minister-Chatham's Views on Parliamentary Reform Views of Edmund Burke on the same subject-Contest with the Press-Junius-Reports of Parliamentary Debates no longer resisted 1771 Growing resistance in America- All duties repealed but the Tea duty 1769 -The so-called Boston Massacre 1770 -The Boston Tea Ships 1773 Closing of Boston Harbour 1774 -Suspension of the Charter of Massachusetts-Soldiers to be tried in England-Battles of Lexington and Bunker's Hill 1775 -The Declaration of Independence 1776 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-The Lord George Gordon Riots 1780 -Movement for Economical Reform-Capitulation of York Town 1781 -End of the North Ministry 1782 The second Rockingham Ministry 1782 -The younger William Pitt-His Reform Bill-Death of Rockingham-The Shelburne Ministry 1782 -Prelimi- naries of Peace signed-Coalition of Fox and North-The Coalition Ministry 1783 -The India Bill of Burke and Fox -Pitt's Ministry 1783 -Defeat of the Coalition-Causes of his success-Economical changes in England bring about Social and Political changes-Pitt's India Bill-His third Reform Bill-His Commercial Treaty with France-Pitt's Plan of Commercial Union with Ireland-Progress stopped by the French Revolution-Reaction in England-War with France-The Irish Union-The Peace of Amiens
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