قراءة كتاب The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration

قراءة كتاب The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration

تنويه: تعرض هنا نبذة من اول ١٠ صفحات فقط من الكتاب الالكتروني، لقراءة الكتاب كاملا اضغط على الزر “اشتر الآن"

‏اللغة: English

The Political History of England - Vol. X.
The History of England from the Accession of George III
to the close of Pitt's first Administration

The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration

تقييمك:

No votes yet

المؤلف:

Hunt William

دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

الصفحة رقم: 5

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@25232@[email protected]#Page_173" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">173

American camp at Valley Forge 175 6 July. Burgoyne captures Ticonderoga 176 His difficulties, distress, and failure 177 17 Oct. The convention of Saratoga 179 Responsibility for the disaster 179 6 Jan., 1778. Alliance between France and the Americans 181 Why England had not yet subdued the Americans 183

War with France and Spain.

1777-78.	The opposition and the war	186
Mar., 1778.	The king's refusal to allow Chatham to form a ministry	187
11 May.	Chatham's death	190
	Constitutional importance of the issue of the war	191
	Abuses in naval administration	191
27 July.	Naval action off Ushant	193
	Progress of the war in America	193
	Lord Howe and Count d'Estaing	194
	Mistaken naval policy of Great Britain	195
Aug., 1779.	Combined French and Spanish fleets in the Channel	196
	The war in various parts of the world	196
12 May, 1780.	The surrender of Charleston	198
Jan.-Feb.	Rodney's relief of Gibraltar	198
17 April.	His indecisive action off Dominica	199
	Ireland's grievances	200
1779.	The volunteers	202
	Removal of restrictions on Irish trade	202
1779-80.	Activity of the opposition in England	202
2-7 June.	The Lord George Gordon riots	205

Yorktown and the King's Defeat.

Mar., 1780.	The armed neutrality	208
20 Dec.	Dispute with the Dutch: war declared	209
	Defence of Gibraltar	210
5 Aug., 1781.	Battle of the Dogger Bank	212
1780.	General election and the new parliament	212
2 Oct.	The fate of Major André	215
3 Feb., 1781.	Rodney takes St. Eustatius	216
July, 1780.	French squadron at Rhode island	218
16 Aug.	Cornwallis's campaign in the south: battle of Camden	219
17 Jan., 1781.	Battle of the Cowpens	221
15 Mar.	Battle of Guilford	222
May.	Cornwallis in

Pages