Wilkes 51
Violation of the privileges of parliament 52
Grenville's economy 53
Great Britain's colonial policy 54
1763. Defence of the American colonies 58
10 Mar., 1764. The stamp bill proposed 59
22 Mar., 1765. The bill enacted 60
American resistance 60
The right of taxation 62
Unstatesmanlike policy 63

CHAPTER IV.

THE KING, THE WHIGS, AND CHATHAM.

1765. The king and Grenville 64
April-May. The regency bill 65
The weavers' riot 66
16 July. A whig administration formed under Rockingham 67
Its weakness and difficulties 68
Jan., 1766. Pitt on American taxation 69
Burke, his character and political principles 70
Mar. Repeal of the stamp act. The declaratory act 71
July. Pitt forms an administration, and is created
Earl of Chatham 73
His foreign policy 74
Sept.-Nov. "A forty days' tyranny" 76
Feb., 1767. Chatham incapacitated by disease 76
June, 1763. Revolt of Mir Kasim 77
23 Oct., 1764. Battle of Baxar 78
June, 1767. Parliamentary interference with the E. India
Company 79
1767-69. Haidar Ali's invasions of the Karnatic 80

CHAPTER V.

GROWTH OF THE KING'S POWER.

1767. C. Townshend and the new American duties 82
The ministry in Chatham's absence 85
Jan., 1768. Junction with the Bedford party 87
Feb. The _Nullum Tempus_ bill 87
Massachusetts heads resistance to t