Pitt's success in the election was assured: no government ever lost. Although public opinion helped he was the King's nominee, retaining office only as long as he held George's confidence. His first priority was to restore public finances, ravaged by the cost of the American Re...
There exists no doubt that Pitt and many others knew the Empire needed change, and the American Revolution stood as a strong reminder of what would happen if things, especially imperial trade practices, did not evolve. While capitalism and real free-trade, something that Pitt desired to see, ...
威廉·皮特是英国历史上一对著名的父子首相，父子二人同名，父亲老皮特是英国第9位首相，一个半疯狂的天才，是指导七年战争胜利的伟大战略家。儿子小皮特是14位首相，也是英国历史上最年轻的首相，就任时年仅24岁。小皮特以财政改革支撑了对拿破仑的战争。详细见http://baike.baidu.com/view/197669.htm...
On May 12, 1787, beneath an oak tree, during a conversation with William Pitt, just eleven years after the American Revolution, Wilberforce made the decision to tear down the British Slave Trade brick-by-brick. He wrote in a journal entry that same year that “God Almighty has set before ...
The youngest prime minister in British history, William Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, led Britain's House of Commons through the aftermath of the American War... D Green - Blackwell Publishing Ltd 被引量: 0发表: 2011年 William Pitt and the French Revolution, 1785–1795 John Money, Department...
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC (14 January 1773 – 13 March 1857) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.Born at Bath, Somerset, Amherst was the son of William Amherst and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pate...
His time at Number 10 wasmomentous2. Pitt led the country through major events including the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars,regained3financial stability for Britain after the American War of Independence, and brought about Union with Ireland. ...
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Private Wm. Orr was discharged at Fort Pitt 2 Nov, 1780 from the Company of Capt. Biggs, Col. Gibson?s Va. Regiment probably after serving three tough years against the Indians,[67] is listed in 1783 in Cecil Township, a man of this name had land next Thomas Orr above in Ohio Co....