Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . il at last theking called upon William Pitt,the second son of the GreatCommoner. Pitt had enteredParliament in 1780, and wasbut twenty-four years of agewhen he became prime king chose him and retainedhim in office, not so much be-cause he liked Pitt as becausehe disliked Pitts young prime minister soonhad a large majority to supporthim, and at once entered upona policy of reform and economy,which resulted in great prosperity
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . il at last theking called upon William Pitt,the second son of the GreatCommoner. Pitt had enteredParliament in 1780, and wasbut twenty-four years of agewhen he became prime king chose him and retainedhim in office, not so much be-cause he liked Pitt as becausehe disliked Pitts young prime minister soonhad a large majority to supporthim, and at once entered upona policy of reform and economy,which resulted in great prosperity to England. He loweredboth the export and the import duties on many articles, andin this way put a stop to much of the smugglmg, therebyincreasing the revenue of the country. He did not succeedin bringing about free trade with Ireland, owing to theopposition of the Irish Parliament, but he was successful inimproving trade relations with France. He tried to abolishslavery, but in this was unsuccessful, as he was also in hisattempt to reform in parliamentary representation;the country was not yet ready for either of these two great. William ±*itt 238 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1765-84 reforms. During the years that Pitt was in power, GreatBritain was prosperous and happy, and until the outbreakof the French war, a very bright future seemed to be instore for the country. 236. British rule in India.—India also, during this time,received much attention from the British powers of administration were so divided between theEast India Company and the native princes that a strongand just rule was impossible. The servants of the companyhad every opportunity to gather enormous wealth by pluurdering and oppressing the people, and also by private trad-ing. Clive, who returned to India in 1765, tried to put astop to these practices. He succeeded in inducing LordNorth to pass a Regulating Act which provided for theappointment by the crown of a governor-general and aCouncil,
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