Here's a thread for the July 4th weekend-
During the 1760s, the beginning of troubles between Great Britain and the American colonies, former Prime Minister William Pitt was an advocate of Imperial reforms that might have kept the colonies from rebelling. However, because of his declining physical and mental health, he returned to leadership as Lord Privy Seal in the House of Lords, and as such was unable to maintain tight control over the government to keep corrupt officials from advocating polices of taxation without representation in order to plunder the American colonies of their wealth-mainly to bail out the East India Company.
So what if Pitt had enjoyed better physical and mental health for say, between another 5 to 10 years? Would he have retired to lead the British government in the House of Commons once again, and could he have held the plunderers and reactionaries, as well as George III crown in check? And if so, might the American Revolution have never happened, and the American colonies remained part of a reformed British Empire?
During the 1760s, the beginning of troubles between Great Britain and the American colonies, former Prime Minister William Pitt was an advocate of Imperial reforms that might have kept the colonies from rebelling. However, because of his declining physical and mental health, he returned to leadership as Lord Privy Seal in the House of Lords, and as such was unable to maintain tight control over the government to keep corrupt officials from advocating polices of taxation without representation in order to plunder the American colonies of their wealth-mainly to bail out the East India Company.
So what if Pitt had enjoyed better physical and mental health for say, between another 5 to 10 years? Would he have retired to lead the British government in the House of Commons once again, and could he have held the plunderers and reactionaries, as well as George III crown in check? And if so, might the American Revolution have never happened, and the American colonies remained part of a reformed British Empire?