Politics Finance And The People

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This book traces the changes in the organization of the British economy following the War of American Independence, which unleashed a political crisis in Britain based on demands for economical reform . In 1782, failure in the American war led to the fall of the ministry of Lord North and administrative reforms intended to reduce the influence of the Crown . Economical reform took a new direction when a Commission for Accounts issued fifteen reports identifying reforms of finance and administr