Britain and Ireland in the eighteenth-century crisis of empire /
This study utilizes a wealth of archival research and synthesises existing secondary material to produce a major reassessment of Anglo-Irish politics in the second half of the eighteenth century. The author examines the British government's policy towards Ireland during a period of imperial cri...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Ireland in the British Empire ; The structure of Anglo-Irish politics
- Reforming the undertaker system : Pelhamite Ireland: The Money Bill dispute ; The Devonshire settlement
- Ireland and the Seven Years War: Bedford and the undertakers ; The Halifax viceroyalty ; Bute, Grenville and Ireland ; The first Rockingham Ministry ; Chatham, Bristol and constant residency
- Lord Townshend and constant residency: The appointment of Lord Townshend ; Grafton and Ireland ; The formation of the North Ministry ; The Absentee Tax controversy
- Ireland and the American Revolution: The outbreak of the American crisis ; The Free Trade dispute ; Paralysis in Britain, defeat in Ireland
- Legislative independence: The Carlisle viceroyalty ; The second Rockingham Ministry ; The 'Renunciation Act'
- Conclusion.