. Georgian: a pattern of spoons, forks and all other pieces of table flat ware is partly shown in this book . war. In England, irresistible surgings of public opinion were steadily decreasing the bal-ance of power held by the King and his party, and by the first of March followingthe surrender at Yorktown they were reduced to a minority. King George, whoseevery measure in the historv of the war had been too late for its opportunity, stillclung to the hope of crushing the rebels, but he was practically alone, and before themonth had passed. Lord North, his prime minister, was forced by the oppo
. Georgian: a pattern of spoons, forks and all other pieces of table flat ware is partly shown in this book . war. In England, irresistible surgings of public opinion were steadily decreasing the bal-ance of power held by the King and his party, and by the first of March followingthe surrender at Yorktown they were reduced to a minority. King George, whoseevery measure in the historv of the war had been too late for its opportunity, stillclung to the hope of crushing the rebels, but he was practically alone, and before themonth had passed. Lord North, his prime minister, was forced by the opposition inParliament to dissolve his cabinet and resign the government to the Whigs. Rock-ingham came in at the head of the dominant party,but he was broken in health and died soon after, hisplace being taken bv Lord Shelburne, then secre-tary of state. Franklin, to whose yictoriesof diplomacy Americasstanding abroad was chiefly due, had already openednegotiations \vith Shelburne; and with Richard Oswald,the latters agent, had drafted at Paris the terms ofpeace. After much diplomatic contention, in which. \orth Carolina lySz W^t ^nJ of tl|t Wivix
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