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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Accession of George III. to the Twenty-Third Year of the Reign of Queen Victoria

Chapter 103: CHAPTER V.
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The volume traces British political, parliamentary, and military developments from the accession of George III through the early nineteenth century, chronicling changes of ministry and cabinet, debates over colonial taxation and the American conflict, parliamentary controversies involving figures such as Wilkes and Warren Hastings, questions of Catholic relief and slave-trade abolition, and responses to the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars, including major naval and continental campaigns, the union with Ireland, and domestic legislation on finance, civil liberties, and parliamentary reform.

CHAPTER V.

GEORGE III. 1773-1775

The Caribbs of St. Vincents..... Petition of Naval Officers..... Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles..... Debates on East India Measures..... The Session closed..... Proceedings in the City..... Continental Politics-Irish Affairs..... Disputes with the American Colonies..... Meeting of Parliament..... Early Measures in this Session..... The Bostonian Petition..... Parliamentary Proceedings against America..... Bill for the Administration of Canada..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Proceedings at Boston..... General Election..... Meeting of the New Parliament.

A.D. 1773