William Pitt was considered by many England's greatest Prime Minister. He has held the record as England's youngest Prime Minister. Not only did he Lead England to war, but also Increased their Economy until his death.
William Pitt the Younger is Britain's youngest Prime Minister. While on his journey to become Prime minister, Pitt made many enemies. The man who ran against him, James Fox, used many different tactics to discredit Pitt. “Fox believed that it would be easy to present the new Prime minister as the puppet of an over-mighty monarch.”(Eric j. Evans). Although it was a hard battle, Pitt managed to become Prime minister on Dec, 19, 1783. Pitt Did many things to increase the Economy. His Commutation act,” The import duty on tea was reduced from 119 per cent to a uniform 25 per cents. He did this to reduce smuggling. During that time smuggling was a huge problem. It was estimated
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He was “ The Greatest champion of his age, was appointed to command the huge army specially mustered for the invasion of England.”(The Evening Standard).Napoleon was an infamous man. He was known for his ego, and his Coup d’etat of the French counsel. In his final days, “Pitts debt was enormous, because he was careless in his private finances as he was indefinitely prudent with the nations.”(The Evening Standard) The debt was so large that the probate took 15 years to be granted. He soon learned that Napoleon's “Surprise victory over the Austrians and Russians”(The Evening Standard) Made Pitts condition worsened.He died of liver failure. At his age of 49, it was uncommon. William Pitt the Younger not only make the country a better place, but also made it safer when Napoleon looked to invade England. As He got older, he was struggling to run his country, and then, suddenly died. He went down in British History as one of their best Prime