Historical Backgroud
by Martina Sartori
1. Risks
1.1. Risk
1.2. Risk
1.3. Risk
1.4. Other
2. Schedule
2.1. Phase
2.2. Phase
2.3. Phase
3. Scope
3.1. Included
3.2. Excluded
4. Historical Period: Late 18th – Early 19th Century
4.1. Marked by revolutions and wars.
4.2. Main events
4.2.1. American War of Independence (1775-83)
4.2.2. French Revolution (1789-94)
4.3. Consequences for Britain
4.3.1. Loss of the American colonies
4.3.2. War against Revolutionary France and later Napoleon
4.3.3. Victory over Napoleon
4.3.3.1. Great power over land and sea
4.3.4. Industrial Revolution
4.3.4.1. Economic supremacy but high social costs
4.3.5. Revolutionary ideas influenced politics and society
5. Reign of George III (1760-1820)
5.1. Became king in 1760 after the death of George II
5.2. First Hanoverian king born in England
5.2.1. spoke English as his first language
5.3. Wanted to rule as well as reign
5.3.1. reducing the power of the Whigs