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    What policy would you recommend to avoid British isolation after the 7 Years War?

    Very interesting - Here's the specifics of party alternation I looked up- Whigs - 1721-1762, starting with Walpole Tories - 1762-1763, Bute Whigs - 1763-1770, starting with Grenville Tories - 1770-1782, North Whigs - 1782-1783 - Rockingham, Shelburne, Portland Tories -...
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    What policy would you recommend to avoid British isolation after the 7 Years War?

    Sounds like the Tory parliamentary majority was making the rules and pissing off the colonies and, even when making occasional concessions, still not 'getting the point'. The Whig minority opposition was complaining about what they saw as the follow of the Ministry the whole time. I know this...
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    What policy would you recommend to avoid British isolation after the 7 Years War?

    What would the British have needed to do keep Prussia sweet after 1763? I believe the Prussians were already pretty miffed at the British by 1763 for signing peace separately (Treaty of Paris vs. Treaty of Hubertusberg) and making big gains for itself and cutting off subsidies while Prussia...
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    What policy would you recommend to avoid British isolation after the 7 Years War?

    Based on the overall "Whig" theory of continental alliances being valuable propounded in the Simms' book, it seems to imply that perhaps Britain could have staved off defeat at the hands of the combination of the American-Bourbon-Dutch coalition by 1. Being more willing to give to Russia or...
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