in the Netherlands, 348; in France the chief cause of the Revolution, 355, 361-364; the report of the Cour des Aides, 361-364; loss of, during the French Revolution, 371 Trade: increase of, its effect on feudal- ism, 4; Polish nobles and, 19; of France under Henri IV. and Richelieu, 21; of France under Colbert, 23, 26, 27; comparison of British and French, 23; effect on French, of Revocation of Edict of Nantes, 26, 27, 28; effect on British, of Revocation of Edict of Nantes, 65, 66; the expansion of English, 55; competition for, with Dutch, 56, 106, 107, 136; monopoly of, 55, 56; competition for, a cause of war, 55, 58; conditions of, in England in early part of century, 59-61; effect of Union with Scotland on, 61; export of salt to France, 61; statistics of French, 62-65; colonial French, 63, 64, 133-136; with English Colonies, 69; essential for success of, 72 et seq.; theories as to regulation of, 83, 84, 104; causes of increase of credit system, 85; monopoly of, in Colonies, 103 et seq.; examples of, 104; in tobacco, 106; of Northern Colonists in fish and timber for rum and sugar, 108; of British in the East, 136, 137; value of, and convoys for, in West Indies, 149; war injuries, 163, 224, 254; great growth of, 172; the meaning of freedom of, 172, 173; monopoly of, the universal system, 193, 194, 195, 244, 245; British, and American colonies, 253, 254, 290; smuggling increased with, 255; between American colonies and Europe, 257; American agree- ments for non-importation, 258; the inland, of India, 270, 282, see East India Company; cotton- growing and manufacture in India, 281; in tea, 285; monopoly of, in Spanish colonies, 331; Turgot's six edicts for freedom of, in France, 354
Transport: Canal of Languedoc, 65; in Scotland, 69; Turnpike Acts,
70, 198; roads in Britain, 73; roads in France, 74; canals in France and Holland, 73, 76; taxation for roads and exemption from, 74, 75; by river, 75; of bullion dangers of, 81; in American
colonies, 214, 215, 228; in India, 279; in Spain under Charles III., 330; Joseph II. tries to improve, 346; in France at the time of the Revolution, 360
Treaty of Utrecht, 10, 37, 38, 59, 90, 91, 99; right of German Princes to make, 11; of Limerick, 15, 33, 34, 39; of Westphalia, 22, 27, 30; of Pyrenees, 23; of Dover, 26; of Nimeguen, 26, 27, 30, 32; of Ratisbon, 27, 30, 32; for Partition of Spain, 33, 34, 35; of Ryswick, 34; Methuen, 60; of Hanover, 95; of Seville, 95; of Vienna in 1738, 95, 121; of Paris in 1763, Bute and 161-165; of Paris marks the end of an era, 166; of Paris considerations on, 163, 164 Turkey: an absolute monarchy, 13; invasion of Europe and defeat by John Sobieski, 19, 20; supported the reforming Poles, 265; war with Russia, 265; agreed to freedom of the Dardanelles, 266; Catherine of Russia and Joseph II. go to war with, 348
UNION: between England and Scot- land, 66 et seq.; impossible under William III., 67; terms of, 68, 69; of British colonies, 236, 237, 239
WAR: exchange of territory in, 9; in Germany and Italy, 9; of France and England in 1672 against Holland, 26; of the League of Augsburg, 33, 34, 59; of the Spanish Succession, 34, 36-38, 42; Marlborough, the campaigns of, 36, 37; charges against him, 37, 44; its effect on the Stuart Cause, 38; civil management of, 44; England pays for, 44; of the Austrian Succession, 63, 121, 122 et seq.; of the Polish Succession, 95; of Jenkins' Ear, 99, 100, 120; Wal- pole's efforts to settle, 100; the formality of naval, 129; state of Europe after, of Austrian Succes- sion, 131, 132; preparations for the Seven Years', 141; a conflict of ideals, 142; Frederick II. and the revolution in the art of war, 143; Seven Years', in Canada, 145, 146, 149; in Germany, British dislike of, 147; in America, 149 et seq.; in the West Indies, 152;
in India, 156, 157; has to be paid for, 223, 224, 225; Pontiac's, in America, 261, 262; with Mah-
rattas and Mysore, 269; American, physical conditions, 301-310; guerilla on land, and general, at sea, 312, 313; in India 1778-83, 316; with Holland, 337; French Assembly anxious for, 372; alliances for, 25, 35, 94; quadruple alliance against Spain, 94; quad- ruple alliance against France, 130 West Indies: restless and mutinous, 195; their effect on the American colonies, 214; war in, controlled by trade-winds, 214; tariffs in favour of, 228; smuggling in, 256; war with Caribbs in St. Vincent, 263
Whigs and Tories: Tories betray
Eugène, dismiss Marlborough, and make Treaty of Utrecht, 37; dis- credit the cause of the Stuarts, 38; Whigs refuse to treat with Louis XIV., 37; writers and George
III., 177-179; politicians use the mob against the King, 178, 187; and George III., 180 et seq.; Britain under Whig oligarchy, 181-183; contemporaries on, 183; terms to George III., 184; the corruption on their shifts of office, 185-186; fiction written by them about George III., 188, 192, 193; dearth of men of ability among, 196; the evil tradition of, 221-222; their fear of reaction, 221, 293; responsibility for loss of American colonies, 221; want of constructive policy, 222; doctrines, and the new theories of liberty, 222, 243, 244; approve the Navigation Acts, 289; encourage the American rebels, 291; George III., Lord North and, 242, 293, 294; apply principles of 1688 to American rebellion, 295, 296; oppose all effort by Great Britain, 299, 300, 301, 311; applaud the French Revolution, 358
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