William Pitt The Younger: Britain's "Best" Prime Minister

William Pitt The Younger is probably not a name you've heard a lot. He's an extraordinary guy, he dealt with crazy George III and the American War of Independence, he led Britain through the French Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wales and the rise of Napoleon, and his Napoleonic Wars reforming the treasury (with the help of Adam Smith stopping corruption, bringing Ireland into the kingdom and fighting corruption all this when first coming to power at 24 and staying in power for almost 20 years one of the longest in Britain's history. So enjoy this william pitt the younger documentary explaining his life and times

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Sources: (none of these are affiliate, I dont really need £££ at this point)
William Pitt and the Great War by J.Holland Rose
(https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24980...) this says the austro prussian army was 113,000 ish even though wikipedia says stuff different, i decided to go with the book

Pitt by Lord Rosebery
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pitt-Lord-Ro...)

William Pitt the Younger: A Biography by William Hague
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Pitt...)

William Pitt the Younger (Lancaster Pamphlets) by Eric J Evans
https://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Pitt...

The Younger Pitt Vol 1: The Years of Acclaim: The Years of Acclaim v. 1 (Biography & Memoirs) by John Ehrman
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Younger-Pitt...)

Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Gre...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti... the individual pages for the coalition wars)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
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https://getrevising.co.uk/grids/pitt-...


Music :

World Of War by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/104-world-o...
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Dark Hours by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5626-dark-h...
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Out In The Field by Lilo Sound
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5578-out-in...
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Beginning Of Conflict by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5288-beginn...
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The Gigantic Epic Day After Tomorrow by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/413-the-gig...
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

The Crown by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4907-the-crown
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Battle Of The Creek by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6125-battle...
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Chase by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5766-chase
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Childhood and the revolt of the colonies
4:04 The Gordon Riots
4:58 The Rotten Boroughs
5:38 Joining Parliament
8:05 Becoming Prime Minister
9:08 Dealing with the American War
9:58 Fixing the Economy
11:11 France descends into Revolution
12:15: War
15:53 The Treason Trials
16:48 The Coalition Falls Apart
20:20 Defending the Island
21:30 Ireland
22:20 Britain Alone
23:35 War Cont.
26:40 Trafalgar
27:38 Anxiety and Terror
28:54 Legacy
29:32 Leaving a Like would be cool if you liked this