2 quotes by John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792), Scottish, British (Prime Minister of Great Britain)

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Nothing can be more alarming to the Carolinas then the idea if an attack from Indians and Negroes.

His Majesty’s possessions in North America are so many times more extensive than the Islands of Great Britain, that if they were equally well inhabited, Great Britain could no longer maintain her dominion over them. It is therefore evidently her Policy to set bounds to the increment of People, and to the extent of the settlement of that Country.

One of the reasons that Jefferson and others were so anxious to expand the territory of the United States was that Britain had operated with the policy that curtailed and limited the population growth of the American colonies and the resentment of this policy led to growth of America and the Westward expansion.

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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

Born: May 25, 1713
Died: March 10, 1792
Nationality: Scottish, British
Profession: Prime Minister of Great Britain

Biography

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762–1763) under George III. He was arguably the last important favorite in British politics. He was the first Prime Minister from Scotland following the Acts of Union in 1707.

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