Few characters in history are indispensable.
From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.
As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss.
In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.
In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.
