Chapter VIII: REIGN OF GEORGE III. (continued)

The American Colonies and their Trade--Growing Irritation in
America--The Stamp Act--The American Protest--The Stamp Act
passed--Its Reception in America--The King's Illness--The
Regency Bill--The Princess Dowager omitted--Her Name inserted
in the Commons--Negotiations for a Change of Ministry--The
old Ministry returns--Fresh Negotiations with Pitt--The first
Rockingham Ministry--Riots in America--The Stamped Paper
destroyed--Pitt's Speech--The Stamp Act repealed--Weakness
of the Government--Pitt and Temple disagree--Pitt forms
a Ministry--And becomes Lord Chatham--His Comprehensive
Policy--The Embargo on Wheat--Illness of Chatham--Townshend's
Financial Schemes--Corruption of Parliament--Wilkes elected for
Middlesex--Arrest of Wilkes--Dangerous Riots--Dissolution of
the Boston Assembly--Seizure of the _Liberty_ Sloop--Debates in
Parliament--Continued Persecution of Wilkes--His Letter to Lord
Weymouth--Again expelled the House--His Re-election--The Letters
of Junius--Luttrell declared elected for Middlesex--Incapacity of
the Ministry--Partial Concessions to the Americans--Bernard leaves
Boston--He is made a Baronet--"The Horned Cattle Session"--Lord
Chatham attacks the Ministry--Resignations of Granby and
Camden--Yorke's Suicide--Dissolution of the Ministry 183