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| Bute's influence over the young King, | 1035 |
| George's view of royalty, | 1036 |
| 1761 Signs of a change of ministry, | 1037 |
| The campaign of 1761 produces a desire for peace, | 1037 |
| Negotiations between France and England, | 1038 |
| Pitt, suspecting the Family Compact, opposes peace, | 1038 |
| Pitt resigns. Bute becomes Premier, | 1039 |
| 1762 War with Spain, | 1039 |
| Peace with France concluded, | 1040 |
| 1763 Close of the Seven Years' War, | 1041 |
| Attack on the Whigs, | 1041 |
| Bute resigns, | 1041 |
| The Triumvirate ministry, | 1042 |
| The Bedford ministry, | 1042 |
| The trial of Wilkes, | 1043 |
| Origin of the American provinces, | 1045 |
| Restrictions on colonial trade, | 1046 |
| 1764 Suppression of smuggling, | 1047 |
| 1765 The Stamp Act, | 1047 |
| 1765 The King's illness, | 1048 |
| The Regency Bill, | 1048 |
| Negotiations for a change of ministry, | 1049 |
| Pitt retires into private life, | 1050 |
| Ministry of the Whig Houses, | 1050 |
| The question of American taxation, | 1051 |
| 1766 Return of Pitt and his declaration of views, | 1051 |
| The Stamp Act repealed, | 1052 |
| Weakness of the Government, | 1052 |
| Pitt becomes Lord Chatham and Prime Minister, | 1053 |
| His comprehensive plans, | 1054 |
| 1767 His illness and mental failure, | 1054 |
| Townshend's financial measures, | 1054 |
| 1768 Corruption of Parliament, | 1055 |
| Wilkes elected for Middlesex, | 1055 |
| 1769 Increase of American difficulties, | 1056 |
| The Letters of Junius, | 1057 |
| Weakness of the ministry, | 1057 |
| 1770 Camden, Granby, and Grafton resign, | 1058 |
| North's ministry. Triumph of the King's policy, | 1059 |
| Grenville's reform of election petitions, | 1060 |
| Increased irritation in America, | 1061 |
| Affair of the Falkland Islands, | 1062 |
| 1771 The liberty of reporting Parliamentary debates, | 1062 |
| North's ministry gathers strength, | 1063 |
| 1772 Royal Marriage Law, | 1064 |
| Fate of the Queen of Denmark, | 1064 |
| Division of Poland, | 1065 |
| Constitution of Poland, | 1065 |
| 1773 Organized opposition in America, | 1067 |
| 1774 Dunning's petition rejected, | 1068 |
| 1772 The India Company's difficulties, | 1069 |
| 1774 Boston Port Bill, | 1070 |
| Massachusetts Government Bill, | 1070 |
| Crisis of the quarrel, | 1070 |
| Acts of the General Congress, | 1071 |
| 1775 Chatham's motions for reconciliation, | 1071 |
| Skirmish at Lexington, | 1072 |
| The Canada Bill, | 1072 |
| The Congress assumes sovereign authority, | 1073 |
| Washington commander-in-chief, | 1073 |
| Battle of Bunker's Hill, | 1073 |
| The Olive Branch Petition, | 1075 |
| Attack on Canada, | 1075 |
| 1776 Howe retires to Halifax, | 1076 |
| Fresh offers of conciliation rejected, | 1076 |
| Declaration of Independence, | 1077 |
| Battle of Brooklyn, | 1077 |
| 1777 Washington recovers New Jersey, | 1079 |
| Threefold plan of the English, | 1079 |
| Howe's expedition against Philadelphia, | 1080 |
| Battle of Germanstown, | 1080 |
| Washington reorganizes the army, | 1081 |
| Burgoyne's disasters, | 1081 |
| 1776 Effect of American affairs in Parliament, | 1082 |
| 1777 Increase of the Civil List, | 1082 |
| France acknowledges the independence of America, | 1084 |
| Chatham's energy in Parliament, | 1084 |
| 1778 North's Conciliation Bill, | 1085 |
| Rupture with France | 1085 |
| Death of Chatham, | 1086 |
| Laws against Roman Catholics repealed, | 1087 |
| America rejects North's conciliatory offers, | 1087 |
| Effect of the alliance between America and France, | 1088 |
| Weakness of North's ministry, | 1088 |
| 1779 Difficulties in Ireland, | 1090 |
| 1780 Motions for economical reform, | 1091 |
| The Lord George Gordon riots, | 1092 |
| Rodney's victory, | 1094 |
| Capture of Charleston, | 1095 |
| War with the Dutch, | 1095 |
| Armed neutrality of the North, | 1096 |
| Arnold's treachery, | 1096 |
| Death of Major André, | 1097 |
| Campaign in Carolina, | 1097 |
| 1781 St. Eustatia captured, | 1098 |
| Battle of Guildford Courthouse, | 1100 |
| Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, | 1100 |
| Battle of Eutaw, | 1101 |
| Cornwallis in Virginia, | 1101 |
| Surrender of Yorktown. Close of the war, | 1103 |
| New session of Parliament, | 1103 |
| 1782 North's resignation. The Rockingham ministry, | 1104 |
| The agitation in Ireland, | 1105 |
| Economical reforms, | 1106 |
| Conclusion of the American War, | 1107 |
| Exorbitant demands of France, | 1108 |
| Siege of Gibraltar, | 1109 |
| Changed tone of French demands, | 1110 |
| 1783 Terms of the peace, | 1110 |
| 1782 Death of Rockingham. The Shelburne ministry, | 1111 |
| 1783 Shelburne resigns. Return of the Whig ministry, | 1112 |
| Retrospect of Indian history, | 1113 |
| 1600 Foundation of the India Company, | 1113 |
| 1640 Foundation of Madras (1640), Bombay (1662), and Calcutta (1698), | 1114 |
| Decline of Portuguese and Dutch competition, | 1114 |
| 1707 Decline of the Mogul Empire, | 1115 |
| 1744 Competition with the French Company, | 1115 |
| 1750 Success of Dupleix, | 1116 |
| 1752 Dupleix defeated by Clive, | 1117 |
| 1756 The Black Hole of Calcutta, | 1118 |
| 1757 The Battle of Plassey, | 1119 |
| 1761 Overthrow of the French power in India, | 1119 |
| Contest with the native states, | 1120 |
| 1763 Massacre of Patna, | 1121 |
| 1764 Battle of Buxar, | 1121 |
| Maladministration of the India Company, | 1121 |
| 1769 Rise of Hyder Ali, | 1122 |
| 1770 Famine in Bengal, | 1123 |
| 1773 The Regulating Act, | 1123 |
| 1774 Death of Clive, | 1124 |
| Warren Hastings, | 1124 |
| 1778 The Mysore war, | 1127 |
| 1780 Robbery of Cheyte Singh and the Begums, | 1128 |
| 1781 Parliamentary inquiry, | 1129 |
| 1783 Dundas's India Bill, | 1129 |
| Fox's India Bill, | 1129 |
| The King procures its rejection, | 1131 |
| Fall of the Whig ministry. Pitt's first ministry, | 1132 |
| 1784 Pitt's victory over the Opposition, | 1134 |
| Dissolution of Parliament, | 1134 |
| Pitt's Budget, | 1134 |
| Pitt's India Bill, | 1135 |
| Pitt's Irish policy, | 1136 |
| Failure of Pitt's Reform Bill, | 1137 |
| Pitt's financial success, | 1138 |
| 1785 Charges against Warren Hastings, | 1139 |
| 1787 Conduct of the Prince of Wales, | 1140 |
| 1788 Trial of Warren Hastings, | 1141 |
| First motion against the slave trade, | 1142 |
| The King's illness. The Regency Bill, | 1142 |
| Pre-eminence of Pitt, | 1143 |
| Effect of the French Revolution in England, | 1145 |
| Pitt's foreign policy, | 1145 |
| Political development of the country, | 1146 |
| 1789 Affair of Nootka Sound, | 1146 |
| Alliance with Holland, | 1146 |
| Pitt's efforts to oppose Russia, | 1147 |
| Alliance with Prussia, Holland, and Sweden, | 1148 |
| 1790 The Convention of Reichenbach, | 1149 |
| Industrial development of the country, | 1150 |
| 1789 The French Revolution, | 1151 |
| Assembling of the States-General, | 1153 |
| Louis XVI. brought to Paris, | 1154 |
| Excitement produced in England, | 1154 |
| 1790 First reactionary movement, | 1154 |
| Rejection of the Abolition of Tests and the Reform Bill, | 1154 |
| Burke's "Reflections," | 1155 |
| 1791 The Canada Bill, | 1155 |
| Breach between Fox and Burke, | 1156 |
| The Birmingham riots, | 1156 |
| Pitt's policy as yet unchanged, | 1156 |
| Progress of the French Revolution, | 1157 |
| The King's flight to Varennes, | 1157 |
| 1792 The Girondin ministry declares war, | 1158 |
| The King suspended, | 1158 |
| Massacres of September, | 1159 |
| Declaration of the Republic, | 1159 |
| Revolutionary character of the war, | 1159 |
| Edict of Fraternity, | 1159 |
| Change of opinion in England as to the Revolution, | 1160 |
| Formation of a new Tory party, | 1161 |
| Sympathy with the Revolution among the poor, | 1161 |
| Revolutionary societies, | 1162 |
| Rejection of Grey's Reform Bill, | 1162 |
| Proclamation against seditious writings, | 1163 |
| Riots in Sheffield and Dundee, | 1164 |
| The militia called out, | 1164 |
| 1793 Signs of approaching war with France, | 1165 |
| The Alien Bill, | 1165 |
| Death of Louis XVI., | 1165 |
| Pitt's efforts to continue peace, | 1166 |
| Determination of the French for war, | 1166 |
| Declaration of war with France, | 1167 |
| French successes on the Continent, and against the royalists in France | 1168 |
| Pitt's difficulty in keeping up the coalition, | 1170 |
| 1795 The French capture Amsterdam, | 1172 |
| Indirect advantages gained by England, | 1172 |
| 1794 Defeat of the French fleet, | 1173 |
| 1795 Prussia, Spain, and Holland leave the coalition, | 1173 |
| Insurrection of La Vendée, | 1174 |
| Expedition to Quiberon, | 1176 |
| Confidence of the English in Pitt, | 1177 |
| His repressive policy, | 1178 |
| 1793 The Traitorous Correspondence Bill, | 1178 |
| Trials for seditious writings, | 1179 |
| 1794 Portland joins the ministry, | 1181 |
| Desire for peace, | 1181 |
| 1795 The Prince of Wales' marriage, | 1182 |
| Sufferings of the lower classes, | 1183 |
| Assault on the King, | 1183 |
| 1793 Retrospect of French affairs, | 1184 |
| The Committee of Public Safety, | 1184 |
| 1794 The Reign of Terror, | 1185 |
| Fall of Robespierre, | 1186 |
| 1795 The Directory established, | 1186 |
| 1796 Pitt's first negotiations for peace, | 1186 |
| Napoleon's Italian campaign, | 1187 |
| Pitt's second negotiations, | 1188 |
| Preparations to resist a threatened French invasion, | 1190 |
| French expeditions to Ireland and Bristol, | 1190 |
| Critical condition of England, | 1191 |
| Monetary crisis; suspension of cash payments, | 1192 |
| Victory of St. Vincent, | 1193 |
| 1797 The mutiny at Spithead, | 1194 |
| The mutiny at the Nore, | 1195 |
| Disorganization of the French Government, | 1196 |
| Negotiations at Lisle, | 1197 |
| Battle of Camperdown, | 1198 |
| Peace of Campo Formio, | 1198 |
| Ireland, | 1199 |
| Complications attending Irish difficulties, | 1199 |
| Necessity for the Union, | 1199 |
| Irish opposition to Government, | 1200 |
| Grievances of the peasantry, | 1201 |
| Weakness of the executive, | 1202 |
| 1789 Effect of the French Revolution, | 1202 |
| Formation of the Society of United Irishmen, | 1203 |
| 1791 Disunion among the Catholics, | 1204 |
| Mismanagement of the Government, | 1205 |
| 1793 Catholic Relief Bill passed, | 1206 |
| Renewed agitation for reform, | 1207 |
| 1794 Failure of Fitzwilliam's efforts, | 1208 |
| 1795 Lord Camden succeeds Fitzwilliam, | 1209 |
| The character of the rebellion, | 1210 |
| 1796 Defensive measures of Government, | 1210 |
| Arrest of the revolutionary committee, | 1211 |
| The expedition to Bantry Bay, | 1212 |
| 1797 Lake's success in Ulster and Munster, | 1212 |
| 1798 Outbreak of the rebellion, | 1214 |
| Cornwallis succeeds Camden, | 1215 |
| Humbert's expedition to Killala, | 1216 |
| 1799 Opposition to the Union, | 1217 |
| 1800 The Union completed, | 1219 |
| 1797 Desire of France to invade England, | 1219 |
| 1798 Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, | 1220 |
| Battle of the Nile, | 1220 |
| Pitt forms a second coalition, | 1221 |
| 1799 Italy regained by the allies, | 1222 |
| The allies capture the Dutch fleet, | 1223 |
| Napoleon defeated at Acre, | 1223 |
| Jealousies and disasters of the allies, | 1224 |
| Success in India, | 1224 |
| Napoleon made First Consul, | 1225 |
| 1800 Napoleon's victories in Italy, | 1226 |
| Battle of Hohenlinden, | 1227 |
| 1801 Treaty of Lunéville, | 1227 |
| Dissolution of the coalition, | 1227 |
| 1800 Internal condition of England, | 1228 |
| 1801 Rejection of the Catholic Relief Bill, | 1229 |
| Pitt resigns. Addington made Premier, | 1230 |
| Illness of the King, | 1230 |
| The French army in Egypt, | 1231 |
| Battle of Alexandria, | 1232 |
| Battle of Copenhagen, | 1232 |
| Peace between England and Russia, | 1233 |
| Napoleon appropriates Holland, Switzerland, and Italy, | 1235 |
| 1802 Peace of Amiens, | 1236 |
| Napoleon continues his aggressions, | 1237 |
| Demands the repression of the English press, | 1237 |
| And the expulsion of the emigrants from England, | 1238 |
| Consequent change of feeling in England, | 1238 |
| Negotiations for Pitt's return, | 1239 |
| 1803 Napoleon examines the resources of Egypt, England, and Ireland, | 1239 |
| His interview with Lord Whitworth, | 1239 |
| The militia embodied, | 1240 |
| Failure of renewed negotiations for Pitt's return, | 1240 |
| Declaration of war with Francem, | 1241 |
| Character of the war, | 1241 |
| Napoleon arrests the English in France, | 1241 |
| He excites discontent in Ireland, | 1241 |
| Emmett's Rebellion, | 1242 |
| Difficulty of Addington's position, | 1243 |
| 1804 Pitt offers to undertake the Government, | 1245 |
| Addington resigns. Pitt's Tory ministry, | 1245 |
| Preparations to resist the French invasion, | 1248 |
| The Additional Force Bill. Increase of the navy, | 1248 |
| Napoleon attempts to form a coalition, | 1250 |
