University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Supervised Undergraduate Student Research Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects and Creative Work Spring 4-2006 The Pivotal Roles of Henry Dundas and William Pitt in the British Cabinet Fiasco of 1800 Jordan Scott Ferrell University of Tennessee-Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj Recommended Citation Ferrell, Jordan Scott, "The Pivotal Roles of Henry Dundas and William Pitt in the British Cabinet Fiasco of 1800" (2006). Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_chanhonoproj/954 This is brought to you for free and open access by the Supervised Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Work at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. r lll~ Tl~uUI\ Ru\"t') ~~ R~~~~ nund9~ and William Pitt in the British Cabinet Fiasco of 1800 Jordan Ferrell At the end of the eighteenth century, Europe found itself embroiled in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1799, the outcome of the war between France and Great Britain was uncertain at best and little change had occurred in seven years of war. Even less changed in the next three years. In the end, neither side was completely successful in its war aims. The Peace of Amiens recognized Napoleon as the legitimate head of the French government and Britain managed to maintain an influence on the continent. Unknown to both countries, that end was three years away but, before that could happen, both sides were faced with critical decisions that affected the situation on the continent as well as lands in the far parts of the world.