William Pitt the Younger

Manipulation and Control in Colonial Leadership: Hoodwinking William Pitt the Younger The satirical caricature East India Stocks published in London in 1788 portrays an assortment of characters, referring to corruption and embezzlement of the East India Company stocks by the people in authority, specifically that of Henry Dundas, a lord advocate under George III, who would later become the president of the Board of Control. Although William Pitt the Younger, the English Prime Minister from 1783-1801, was seemingly the face of these charges, Dundas was the cunning politician dismaying Pitt from his vision for the United Kingdom and taking advantage of Pitt’s power. Dundus became exceedingly close to Pitt, and while carrying the “Dictator’s…

cure patients with mental disorder by trained therapist. Before Whig’s suicide, Whig was seen as normal as usual, according to his family. Whig possibly had a major depressive disorder, but (again, possibly) he did not want to confess that he had the disorder--which means that he lost his chance to receive psychotherapy before it was too late. If Whig had told his family, he probably did not commit suicide. Amygdala (2): two almond-shaped neural clusters that are components of the limbic system…

British and colonists had soon arisen. In the midst of the Seven Years War, the British authority had for the first time tried to take charge among the settlers in North America during the second phase of the war. Under the command of William Pitt, he intended to revolutionize the war effort in North America by bringing it under British control. When trying to get everything organized, he began to nominate military leaders and direct orders that were expected of the colonists to follow.…

huge role in shaping the world of the past into the world of the present. For a long time, Britain faced harsh opposition to the termination of its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, a feat that would not be accomplished until the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The movie Amazing Grace focuses on an abolitionist, William Wilberforce, and those who supported him along the way. One of the people, among many, who aided him on his conquest, was William Pit the Younger. Pitt was a British…

Finally, the creators of this movie definitely did a lot of research in order to make this movie accurate and realistic. It is obvious that there is a lot of information and details from this time period, so the writers had a lot of things to watch out for and include in the movie. The negative and inaccurate parts of the movie were more common than the positives. The inaccuracies included: the British bill passing system, the tune of amazing grace, the way William Pitt and Wilberforce were…

In the movie "The Madness of King George" King George III experiences these episodes where he goes into complete range, happiness, or unbearable pain. Early in the movie, you notice that King George III seems a little eccentric, always shouting and running about. Everyone doesn't really notice anything truly wrong, they think their King is just under a lot of stress. They think his stress come from worry about the well-being of his people and the loss to America in the war. However, from…

In reading these pieces from the book, I can honestly say I have never been more moved at the strength of a human being. Her fiancé describes her in her book as ‘the indomitable spirit of a human being’ and my view is , not a truer word can be spoken. Turia is easily one of the most inspiring people I have ever read about and her capacity to maintain her positivity throughout this time with statements such as ‘I feel like the luckiest girl in the world’, is nothing short of extraordinary…

Jesse was part of a gang that was known as the Younger Brother Gang. The gang was centralized around Jesse, but the other gang members included Frank James, John Jarrett, Arthur McCoy, George Shepard, Oliver Shepard, William McDaneil, Tom McDaneil, Clell Miller, Charlie Pitts, and Bill Chadwell. Most of the members fought for the South in the Civil war and Jesse created his gang in Missouri. Most of the robberies they did where in Missouri, but they did rob throughout America. The gang mostly…

Canton. The British were hoping to increase their imports to China by using more ports. The emperor Qianlong had no respect for the British and referred to them as “Barbarians”. He believed that they were not equals, but that they were inferiors coming to pay homage to him and his country. He wanted Macartney to perform a “kowtow”, wherein an individual would bow at the Emperor’s feet and place his head on the floor nine times. Macartney agreed to do so if the mandarins would perform the same…

Although Helen shared many of the same values and beliefs as Douglass, their marriage had brought unwanted attention due to the fact that Helen was a young white woman who was 20 years younger than her accomplished husband. Douglass’s children were, perhaps, the most upset of his relationship with Helen. Douglass had stayed married to Helen until 11 years later when he died on February 20th, 1895. Arguably his most successful autobiography, “Narrative of The Life of Frederick…