His father was a member of Parliament, and Thomas Pitt, William's grandfather, was one of the richest men in England. ... His decision to join Parliament gave him little hope for anything. ... He took that seat in Parliament; then in a cruel gesture, the majority party stripped him of his commission. ... In 1759, the English forces defeated the French in Canada. ... In 1765, Pitt's successor, George Grenville, persuaded Parliament to place stamp taxes on the colonies. ...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Henry Clinton, born April 16th 1730 according to William Wilcox and according to John Fredriksen, Newfoundland, Canada is his birthplace. ... In 1772, he entered Parliament on behalf of his cousin, the 2nd Duke of Newcastle; in the same year, Clinton accepted a promotion to major general, and in February 1775 he became third in command of British forces in North America under Thomas Gage and William Howe. ... Informed on the British government's plan for the action of the war, he returns to New York in July, he learns of the operation intended by Howe and General John Burgoyne, in which H...

• Word Count: 1646
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

• Word Count: 1791
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A few loud, rebel-rousing colonists to begin to rally support for rebellion by holding pro-war rallies and publishing pro-war pamphlets, such as Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, which he states, "As a long and violent abuse of power, is generally the Means of calling the right of it in question and as the King of England hath undertaken in his own Right, to support the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the...

• Word Count: 1702
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate