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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. THE DAWN OF THE NEW REPUBLIC. BUTE''S ADM1NISTBATION. 1762-1763. The queen, still in her honeymoon, expressed her joy tat the resignation of Pitt. George Grenville, by consenting to take the conduct of the public business in the house of commons, estranged himself still more from his brother-in-law; but William Pitt was still a great power above the cabinet and in the state. He had infused his own spirit into the army and navy of England. The strings which he had struck still vibrated; his light, like that of an annihilated star, still guided his country to deeds of danger and glory; and, in the first days of January 1762, the king, tardily adopting his counsels, declared war against Spain. The Roman Catholic powers, France, Spain, Austria, and the German empire, the mighty authorities of the middle age, blessed by the consecrating prayers of the see of Rome, were united in arms; yet the policy of the Vatican could not control the war. The federation of the weaker maritime states presented itself to the world as the protector of equality on the seas. In profound ignorance of the state of politics on the continent, George III., a week later, directed Sir Joseph Torke, the British minister at the Hague, to tempt the empress of Austria to return to its old alliance with England by the hope of some ulterior acquisitions in Italy. The experienced diplomatist promptly hinted to his employers that the offer of the restoration of Silesia would be more effective. A clandestine proposition from England to Austria was a treachery to Frederic; it became infinitely more so, when success in the negotiation would have pledged England''s influence to compel Frederic to the retrocession of Silesia. Her imperial majesty and her minister, said Kaunitz, canno... George Bancroft, Books, History, History Of The United States Of America, From The Discovery Of The Continent [to 1789] (volume 2) Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: D. Appleton and company in 1883 in 603 pages; Subjects: United States; History / United States / General; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800);<

ISBN: 9780217494366

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: house of lords, where Somers prevailed. In 1706, an address to Queen Anne in their behalf was adopted; the lords of trade and plantations reported that the proprietaries had forfeited their charter, and advised its recall by a judicial process; the intolerant acts were, by royal authority, declared Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: house of lords, where Somers prevailed. In 1706, an address to Queen Anne in their behalf was adopted; the lords of trade and plantations reported that the proprietaries had forfeited their charter, and advised its recall by a judicial process; the intolerant acts were, by royal authority, declared and void. In November of the same year they were repealed by the colonial assembly; but, while dissenters were tolerated and could share political power, the church of England was immediately established as the religion of the province, and this compromise continued as long as the power of the crown. Meantime, the authority of the proprietaries was shaken by the declaration of the queen and the opinion of English lawyers. Strifes ensued perpetually respecting quit-rents and finances; and, as the proprietaries provided no sufficient defence for the colony, their power, which had no guarantee even in their own interests, and still less in the policy of the English government or the good-will of the colonists, awaited only an opportunity to expire. This period of turbulence and insurrection, of angry factions and popular excitements, was nevertheless a period of prosperity. The country rapidly increased in population and the value of its exports. The prolific rice-plant had, at a very early period, been introduced from Madagascar; in 1691, the legislature rewarded the invention of new methods for cleansing the seed; and the rice of Carolina was esteemed the best in the world. Hence the opulence of the colony; hence, also, ita swarms of negro slaves. Early in the eighteenth century the Carolina Indian trader had penetrated a thousand miles into the interior for the skins of bears, beavers, wild-cats, deer, foxes, and raccoons. The oak was cleft into staves for the West Books, History~~United States~~General, History-of-the-United-States-of-America-from-the-Discovery-of-the-Continent~~George-Bancroft, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217494366

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. THE DAWN OF THE NEW REPUBLIC. BUTE''S ADM1NISTBATION. 1762-1763. The queen, still in her honeymoon, expressed her joy tat the resignation of Pitt. George Grenville, by consenting to take the conduct of the public business in the house of commons, estranged himself still more from his brother-in-law; but William Pitt was still a great power above the cabinet and in the state. He had infused his own spirit into the army and navy of England. The strings which he had struck still vibrated; his light, like that of an annihilated star, still guided his country to deeds of danger and glory; and, in the first days of January 1762, the king, tardily adopting his counsels, declared war against Spain. The Roman Catholic powers, France, Spain, Austria, and the German empire, the mighty authorities of the middle age, blessed by the consecrating prayers of the see of Rome, were united in arms; yet the policy of the Vatican could not control the war. The federation of the weaker maritime states presented itself to the world as the protector of equality on the seas. In profound ignorance of the state of politics on the continent, George III., a week later, directed Sir Joseph Torke, the British minister at the Hague, to tempt the empress of Austria to return to its old alliance with England by the hope of some ulterior acquisitions in Italy. The experienced diplomatist promptly hinted to his employers that the offer of the restoration of Silesia would be more effective. A clandestine proposition from England to Austria was a treachery to Frederic; it became infinitely more so, when success in the negotiation would have pledged England''s influence to compel Frederic to the retrocession of Silesia. Her imperial majesty and her minister, said Kaunitz, canno... George Bancroft, Books, History, History Of The United States Of America, From The Discovery Of The Continent [to 1789] (volume 2) Books>History, General Books LLC<