=Bute's influence over the young King=, 1035 George's view of royalty, 1036 1761 Signs of a change of ministry, 1037 The campaign of 1761 produces a desire for peace, 1037 Negotiations between France and England, 1038 Pitt, suspecting the Family Compact, opposes peace, 1038 =Pitt resigns. Bute becomes Premier=, 1039 1762 War with Spain, 1039 Peace with France concluded, 1040 1763 =Close of the Seven Years' War=, 1041 Attack on the Whigs, 1041 Bute resigns, 1041 =The Triumvirate ministry=, 1042 =The Bedford ministry=, 1042 =The trial of Wilkes=, 1043 Origin of the American provinces, 1045 Restrictions on colonial trade, 1046 1764 Suppression of smuggling, 1047 1765 =The Stamp Act=, 1047 1765 The King's illness, 1048 The Regency Bill, 1048 Negotiations for a change of ministry, 1049 Pitt retires into private life, 1050 Ministry of the Whig Houses, 1050 The question of American taxation, 1051 1766 =Return of Pitt and his declaration of views=, 1051 The Stamp Act repealed, 1052 Weakness of the Government, 1052 =Pitt becomes Lord Chatham and Prime Minister=, 1053 His comprehensive plans, 1054 1767 =His illness and mental failure=, 1054 Townshend's financial measures, 1054 1768 Corruption of Parliament, 1055 Wilkes elected for Middlesex, 1055 1769 Increase of American difficulties, 1056 The Letters of Junius, 1057 Weakness of the ministry, 1057 1770 Camden, Granby, and Grafton resign, 1058 =North's ministry. Triumph of the King's policy=, 1059 Grenville's reform of election petitions, 1060 Increased irritation in America, 1061 Affair of the Falkland Islands, 1062