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	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Lord North
		In 1756, North was elected to Parliament from the single-member borough at Banbury.
		Lord North intended on making a lesson of Massachusetts with the belief that the other colonies would not support her, but his assumptions were wrong.
		Lord North was forced to declare the colonies in a state of rebellion.
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	Frederick North, Lord North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, usually known by his courtesy title of Lord North, (April 13, 1732-August 5, 1792) was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, and a major actor in the American Revolution.
		He served as a Member of Parliament from 1754 to 1790 and first joined the government as a junior Lord of the Treasury on June 2, 1759 during the Newcastle-Pitt coalition.
		In April, 1783, North returned to power as Home Secretary in an unlikely coalition with the radical Whig leader Charles James Fox under the nominal leadership of The Duke of Portland.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/f/fr/frederick_north__lord_north.html (263 words)

	Frederick North, Lord North - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (April 13, 1732–August 5, 1792), more often known by his earlier title, Lord North, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, and a major actor in the American Revolution.
		North was appointed Joint Paymaster of the Forces in Chatham's ministry and became a Privy Counsellor in 1766.
		In April, 1783, North returned to power as Home Secretary in an unlikely coalition with the radical Whig leader Charles James Fox known as the Fox-North Coalition under the nominal leadership of The Duke of Portland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_North,_Lord_North (447 words)

	Frederick North, Lord North of Kirtling (1732-1792) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The son of a Tory nobleman, the 1st earl of Guilford, North was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford.
		On the death of Charles Townshend in September 1767 North became chancellor of the exchequer.
		North had been rewarded for his assistance to the king by honours for himself and sinecures for his relatives, but in April 1783 he formed a famous coalition with the prominent Whig Fox (much to George III's disgust) and became secretary of state with Fox under the nominal premiership of the Duke of Portland.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/North/North.html (463 words)

	Frederick, Lord North (1732 -- 1792)
		Lord North was educated at Eton between 1742 and 1748; he then went to Trinity College Oxford and in 1750 was awarded an MA.
		The Duke of Newcastle was a distant cousin of North.
		North was threatened by the mob during the Gordon Riots of 1780 and finally he was allowed by the king to resign office in March 1782.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/north.html (899 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - Frederick North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He agrued the "North Briton" case against John Wilkes in the House of Commons in 1763 and become chancellor of the Exchequer in 1767.
		North was a dominant figure in British politics for three decades, at a critical time when the British politcal scene and social order was undergoing revolutionary changes and armed revolution was abroad in the colonies.
		North failed to recognize the gravity of the situation and allowed the country to drift into one disaster after another.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime13.html (707 words)

	Guilford County, North Carolina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guilford County is a county located in the state of North Carolina.
		It was named for Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford, father of Frederick North, Lord North, British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782.
		On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Court House was fought in present-day Greensboro between Generals Charles Cornwallis and Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guilford_County,_North_Carolina (506 words)

	Frederick, Lord North (1732-1792) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On Newcastle's resignation in 1762, North remained in office in Bute's ministry and supported the government's case against John Wilkes in the North Briton affair of 1764 in Grenville's ministry..
		It was Lord North who declared John Wilkes' election at Middlesex null and void (1768), thus helping to precipitate the Petitioning Movement and a host of problems for the Duke of Grafton.
		North's ministry passed the Regulating Act for India in 1773, followed by the Tea Act that led to the Boston Tea Party and the subsequent Coercive Acts of 1774.
	www.dialspace.dial.pipex.com /town/terrace/adw03/pms/north.htm (851 words)

	AllRefer.com - North, Frederick North, 8th Baron (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He entered Parliament in 1754 and became a junior lord of the treasury (1759), privy councilor (1766), and chancellor of the exchequer (1767).
		In 1770, North, who had proved himself an able parliamentarian, was appointed prime minister; the support of George III kept him in that office for 12 years.
		North was a capable administrator, who introduced financial reforms and began reform of the East India Company with the Regulating Act of 1772.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/North-Fr.html (390 words)

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		Lord North's mother Susan was the grand daughter of Frederick, 8th Lord North who was prime minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1781.
		Frederick NORTH's father, the 7th Baron North, was created Earl of Guilford in 1752, Frederick being the eldest son being accorded the 'courtesy title' of Baron North (his father still holding the 'substantive' title).
		His heir was his daughter Susan (1797-1884) who was able to succeed to the Barony of North on her father's death in 1841 and hence became Baroness (Lady) North but, being female, was ineligible to succeed to the Earldom of Guilford which passed to another branch of the family.
	www.afn.org /~afn09444/genealog/notes/fisherl.htm (1757 words)

	Frederick North, Lord North - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Lord North was born at Wroxton Abbey as the eldest of six children; his parents were Francis, first Earl of Guilford and Lady Lucy Montagu.
		North did have a sister who married a tradesman, whereupon her family denied her existence.
		He died on August 7th, 1792 in London and was buried at All Saints Church, Wroxton (Oxfordshire) near his family home of Wroxton Abbey.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Lord_North (450 words)

	Encyclopedia: Frederick North, Lord North
		The Secretary of State for the Home Department (the Home Secretary) is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order in England and Wales; his or her remit includes policing, the criminal justice system, the prison service, internal security, and matters of citizenship and immigration.
		Jump to: navigation, search George III (George William Frederick) (June 4, 1738 â€“ January 29, 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from October 25, 1760 until January 1, 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Frederick-North,-Lord-North (1908 words)

	Timeline Bio: Fredrick (Lord) North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frederick Lord North was Prime Minister of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
		He argued the "North Briton" case against John Wilkes in the House of Commons in 1763, and was appointed chancellor of the Exchequer in 1767.
		North was elected Prime Minister of the Tory government in 1770.
	www.founding.com /timeline/bio.cfm?id=2&t_id=1 (96 words)

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		Commonly known as Lord North, a courtesy title given to him as the eldest son of an earl, he entered the House of Commons in 1754.
		North enjoyed a conventional Whig political career in junior posts of government until GEORGE III turned to him in 1770 to form an administration of his own.
		North's coalition in 1783 with his old opponent Charles James FOX earned him public odium and the bitter enmity of the king, who brought the ministry down by securing defeat of Fox's East India bill.
	www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1483/suppl/chpVI/Lord%20North.htm (275 words)

	George III, king of Great Britain and Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Although North achieved financial consolidation at home and imposed closer government control over the East India Company by the Regulating Act (1772), his 12-year ministry is remembered chiefly for his policy of coercion against the American colonists that led finally to the American Revolution.
		Opposition in Parliament to what was regarded as increasing royal influence finally forced George to accept the resignation (1782) of North and the formation of ministries first by Lord Rockingham and then by the earl of Shelburne, who concluded the Treaty of Paris (1783), granting independence to the United States.
		Shelburne’s ministry was brought down (1783) by the surprising coalition of George’s old friend Lord North and his leading Whig opponent Charles James Fox.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ge/Georg3GB.html (1047 words)

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia, 1764-1800.
		In 1757, Gage was with Lord Loudoun at Halifax where there was assembled a large force which was intended to strike at Louisbourg.
		Lord North was a man of some administrative ability but was unconnected to any political party.
		North did not give due regard to public opinion; he was of an easy and indolent temper which yielded against his better knowledge to the stubborn doggedness of the king, George the Third.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1764-00/List.htm (3798 words)

	Fox, Charles James. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He entered Parliament in 1768 and served as lord of the admiralty (1770–72) and as lord of the treasury (1772–74) under Frederick, Lord North.
		Fox then allied himself with his old enemy, Lord North, to insure Shelburne’s defeat, and he became (1783) foreign secretary again, in a coalition with North.
		This ministry fell in the same year, when George III brought his influence to bear in the House of Lords to secure defeat of Fox’s bill vesting the government of India in a commission nominated by Parliament.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fo/FoxChar.html (496 words)

	Frederick North, Lord North -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In 1914, Lord Frederick Lugard, the governor of Britain's territories in Nigeria, united the states in northern and southern Nigeria into a single colony, thus forming the country of Nigeria.
		In the north, where the population was largely Muslim and thus not amenable to British...
		The richly varied economy of North Carolina is based upon its abundance of hydroelectric power, a generally pleasant climate that encourages outdoor sports, and a wide variety of soils.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9056164 (799 words)

	Chronology05
		This plan of Lord North, while still insisting that the colonies pay for the maintenance of the army (through their own tax levies), at least carried with it the promise that no additional taxes would be levied.
		On the same day that Lord North's plan was introduced, 27 February, the New England Trade And Fisheries Act, the bill that would become popularly known as the New England Restraining Act, was introduced to Parliament.
		On the North American Continent the storm clouds were amassing although the news of the debates in London had not yet reached the colonial ears.
	www.motherbedford.com /Chronology05.htm (1715 words)

	William Pitt the Younger - Biocrawler definition:William Pitt the Younger - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lord North's ministry having collapsed in 1782, the Whig Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham was appointed Prime Minister.
		Only three months after he came to power, Lord Rockingham died, to be succeeded by another Whig, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne.
		The King was opposed to the bill; when it passed in the House of Commons, he secured its defeat in the House of Lords by threatening to regard anyone who voted for it as his enemy.
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger (3208 words)

	FREDERICKNORTH
		North, Frederick (1732-1792) British Statesman: North served as a Lord of the Treasury and Joint Paymaster-General before he took the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer (1767-82) and First Lord of the Treasury (1770-82).
		Opposed to the Stamp Act in 1766, North took over Townshend's financial administration, repealing all the Townshend taxes except for the one on tea.
		Nevertheless, he is largely responsible for the coercive legislation of 1774 passed through the House of Commons and the restraining Acts of 1775.
	www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/NorthFrederick.html (154 words)

	AP Review: Advanced U.S. History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You should know that the French were established to the north of the English colonies, the Spanish to the south, the Dutch had colonized the Hudson River Valley in New York and the Swedes had settled in Delaware.
		In 1770, Townshend was replaced by Frederick, Lord North, who called for the repeal of all of the taxes except the tea tax.
		In 1787, slavery was prohibited in the territory north of the Ohio River.
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		Lord North's Policy in Regard to the Colonies.
		Lord North's Declaration, That He Would not Listen to Complaints from America, Until She was at His Feet.
		The Resolution of Lord North, of February 27, Which is Rounded on the Truest Principle of Policy and Benevolence, Will be Outrageously Censured and Traduced by the Opposition.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /efts/AmArch/export03-29-04.txt (837 words)

	Doylestown Patriot - News - 07/07/2005 - How Lord North messed up
		If King George III and Lord North and their buddies had handled things right, the United Kingdom today might consist of England, Ireland, Scotland and America.
		Apparently, such Englishmen could see no difference between their vision of backward, loinclothed Indians (which was not true of the leaders in 18th-century India) and men like John Adams, a fifth-generation citizen of Massachusetts, a Harvard graduate, and a lawyer who once defended British soldiers on trial for massacring colonists.
		Lord Frederick North was Prime Minister from 1770 until 1782, and presided over the British response to the Revolution and the events leading up to it.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=14819631&BRD=1685&PAG=461&dept_id=45240& (492 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Lord North (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		North, Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guilford, called Lord North (1732-92), British statesman, born in London and educated at Eton College and the...
		The office of prime minister resembles that of a chief executive of a government, but the king or queen is the official head of state.
		Mountbatten, heavily decorated, returned to the Mediterranean Fleet as rear admiral in command of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in October 1948.
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	Perspectives
		In 1769 new elections for Parliament finally produced a majority of the "King's Friends." And George III found a minister to his taste in Frederick, Lord North, the plodding chancellor of the Exchequer who had replaced Townshend.
		North, who venerated the traditions of Parliament, was no stooge for the king, but the two worked in harmony.
		The impact of colonial boycotts on English commerce had persuaded Lord North to modify the Townshend Acts, just in time to halt a perilous escalation of conflict.
	www.wwnorton.com /college/history/ralph/research/sovidoc3.htm (1667 words)

	LORD FREDERICK NORTH - CLIPPED SIGNATURE
		Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, son of 7th Baron North, entered the House of Commons in 1754 at the age of 22.
		He served as Lord of the Treasury (1759-1765) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1767) before becoming Prime Minister in 1770.
		King George III dominated North's ministry and pursued the ruinous policy that led to the American Revolution.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/9_2001/leaders/LORD_FREDERICK_NORTH.htm (167 words)

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