- Was far from democratic at this time
- Politicians often supported overambitious war plans
- Often appointed men who weren't up for the job.
- Still proved better than Napoleon's dictatorship
William Pitt the Younger:
- Successful peacetime prime minister
- Restored Britain's finances after American War of Independence
- Able but not inspiring
- His government was influential in creating the First Coalition (1793) - Britain, Austria, Prussia, Netherlands, Spain and Sardinia --> United against revolutionary France.
- British subsidies held alliance together
- Second Coalition (1799-1801)
- Both collapsed due to French military success
- Whig Party critical of Pitt's government --> Many Whigs favoured appeasing France and making peace
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