The North ministry resigns after losing a…

1782 CE

The North ministry resigns after losing a motion of no confidence on March 22, 1782, following the British defeat at the Siege of Yorktown during the American War of Independence.

The Whig Lord Rockingham, previously Prime Minister from 1765–1766, forms a government.

The Rockingham Whigs have generally been sympathetic to the cause of the Colonists and under Rockingham the British government begins the negotiations leading to the Peace of Paris that will conclude the war.

Rockingham's death on July 1, 1782 causes a split in the ministry.

The Home Secretary Lord Shelburne is appointed to succeed him but several members of the government refuse to serve under him and resign.

These "Portland Whigs" (named after their nominal leader the Duke of Portland, but in reality led by Charles James Fox) ally in opposition with Lord North and will bring down the Shelburne ministry in March 1783, coming to power as the Fox–North coalition.

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London Middlesex United Kingdom View →

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Charles James Fox View → Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham View → Frederick North, Lord North View → George III of Great Britain View → William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland View → William Petty, Earl of Shelburne View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, British View → American Revolution View → American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View → American Revolutionary War, Southern theater of the View →

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Commerce View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Finance View →

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