william pitt
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Anti-Terror Measures & Parliamentary Concerns |
An extract from a House of Commons speech by an M.P. offering critical observations on government anti-Terror measures - note the ironic... |
william pitt, Terror, French Revolution, Georgian Britain | view |
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The second of three cartoons on Britain and the American Revolution This cartoon has a very different tone from the previous one. It shows... |
American Revolution, Georgian Britain, Whigs, tories, Edmund Burke, william pitt, john wilkes | view |
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Central Government & Volunteering |
Extracts from government correspondence discussing the potential, and indeed pitfalls, of local volunteer initatives. Note the central dilemma the... |
1792, Terror, volunteers, william pitt, Georgian Britain, revolutionary war | view |
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Government & the Fear of 'French Principles' |
A brief extract from am inter-governmental letter illustrating early British fears about the potential appeal of French-style radicalism |
1792, Georgian Britain, Terror, william pitt, Government | view |
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Liberty, Licentiousness & the Law |
Extracts from a Charge to a Grand Jury in 1792, illustrating the wide ranging cultural effects of French Terror - and indeed British anti-Terror... |
1792, Georgian Britain, william pitt, Terror, French Revolution, Jacobinism | view |
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Redefining Politics & the Role of the King |
Earlier attitudes to the King, and indeed politics itself, began to rapidly change however in the 1790s, with fears about the rise of French... |
king george III, william pitt, toryism, eighteenth century history, Georgian Britain | view |
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The Regency Debate |
Concerns about the King’s sanity had long surrounded George III and led to fierce rivalry between the pro and anti King factions, including... |
king george III, william pitt, charles fox, prince of wales, eighteenth century history, Georgian Britain | view |
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unit 6 |
The British reaction to the French revolution - key timeline and events |
1789, 1790s, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, william pitt, king george III, Whigs, tories | view |
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Pitt's government on the growing and inherent dangers of 'French Principles' |
1790s, william pitt, French Revolution | view |
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Whirlwinds of Empire: Subversion and the Gothic in William Blake's The Spiritual Form of Pitt Guiding Behemoth by Jonathan Perris |
Between 1782 and 1830, some eighty authors directly referenced William Pitt the Younger in poetic verse. George Canning’s ‘The Pilot... |
William Blake, william pitt | view |
