HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: William Pitt, 1St Earl Of Chatham
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British colonies are not uniting (consider themselves independent entities within the british empire) Want french out of the way so they can expand in the west. British removed them from nova scotia sent them to louisiana) William pitt the elder (not prime minister, secretary of state) "i am sure i can save this country and nobody else can" Divide in britain between those who think they should focus on na and those who think they should focus on europe. Brings his allies and government to raise taxes (view it as a global war) Pitt"s plan was that europe was more important even thought they should fight in na. Defeat of the french was a by-product of pitt"s strategy. Prussia"s survival was key element of pitt"s goal. No block of states should every be able to dominate europe. Prussians should keep fighting so the french are occupied and cant put all the resources in na.
