FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE III. TO THE
ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

LONDON:

SAMUEL BAGSTER AND SONS,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

223. K. H.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. VII.

PART VII.

THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD, TO THE
TREATY OF VIENNA.

THE AGE OF REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER I.

A. D. 1760-1770.

The Popular Monarch.

ENGLAND.

Accession of George III.-His address to parliament.-Pitt, earl
of Chatham.-Influence of the earl of Bute.-War with Spain.
-Incipient derangement of the king.-John Wilkes." The
North Briton."-Serious riots.-Discoveries of captain Cook.
-Repeated changes in the administration.-Obnoxious taxes.
-The Grenville act.-Lord North

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