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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 536: CHAPTER XXIV.
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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 XXIV.

GEORGE III. 1798-1801

Redemption of the Land-Tax, &c..... Irish Rebellion..... Invasion of Belgium..... Expedition to Minorca..... Battle of the Nile, &c..... Meeting of Parliament..... Income Tax sanctioned, &c...... Treaty with Russia..... Union with Ireland considered..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Campaign in Italy..... Campaign in Egypt..... Establishment of the Consular Government in France..... Affairs of India..... Meeting of Parliament..... Parliamentary Discussions..... Union with Ireland completed..... Prorogation of Parliament..... Campaign in Italy..... Capture of Malta..... Naval Operations..... Meeting of Parliament..... Motions for Peace, &c.

A. D. 1798