CHAPTER II.
GEORGE III. 1765-1769
The Meeting of Parliament..... Debates on Colonial Taxation..... Instability of the Cabinet..... Attempts to form a new Administration..... Opposition to the Stamp Duties in America..... Embarrassment of Ministers and Meeting of Parliament..... Sentiments of the Americans on the Declaratory Act..... The Dissolution of the Rockingham Cabinet..... Decline of Lord Chatham’s Popularity..... Meeting of Parliament..... East India Question..... American Taxation..... Changes in the Ministry..... Proceedings in America..... Domestic Troubles and Commotions..... The Return of Wilkes, &c...... Resignation of Lord Chatham..... The Affairs of Wilkes..... Meeting of Parliament..... Debate on Wilkes, &c...... Debates on America..... East India Affairs..... Prorogation of Parliament, &c...... Discontents in England and Ireland.
1765