North ministry explained

Incumbent:	1770–1782
Government Head Title:	Prime Minister
Government Head:	Lord North
State Head Title:	Monarch
State Head:	George III
Total Number:	33 appointments
Opposition Party:	Rockingham Whigs
Previous:	Grafton ministry
Successor:	Second Rockingham ministry

Frederick North, Lord North was appointed to lead the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain by King George III from 1770 to 1782. His ministry oversaw the Falklands Crisis of 1770, the 1780 Gordon Riots and the outbreak of the American War of Independence.

References

• Book: Cook, Chris . Stevenson . John . British Historical Facts: 1760–1830 . registration . 28 February 1980 . Palgrave Macmillan UK . 978-0-333-21512-8.
• Book: Thomas, Peter David Garner . P. D. G. Thomas . Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773–1776 . 1991 . Clarendon Press . 978-0-19-820142-7.
• Book: Volo, James M. . The Boston Tea Party: The Foundations of Revolution: The Foundations of Revolution . Tories and Whigs . https://books.google.com/books?id=403f4VrQwvYC&pg=PA131. 19 July 2012. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-39875-9.
• Book: Whiteley, Peter . Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America . Introduction . https://books.google.com/books?id=U-7eBAAAQBAJ&pg=PR11 . 1 July 1996 . . 978-0-8264-3493-7.

External links

• Web site: live . The Ministry of Lord North: January 1770March 1782 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181922/http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/ministry/northmin.htm . 3 March 2016 . Bloy . Marjorie . 12 January 2016 . A Web of English History.