USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -William Pitt is known as one of the greatest wartime leaders in British history. He served as secretary of state in the British government during the French and Indian War (1754-63; known in Europe as the Seven Years’ War).

Detailed explanation-2: -British colonial forces, led by lieutenant colonel George Washington, attempted to expel the French in 1754, but were outnumbered and defeated by the French. When news of Washington’s failure reached British Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle, he called for a quick undeclared retaliatory strike.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pitt is best known as the wartime political leader of Britain during the French and Indian War, especially for his single-minded devotion to British victory over France, which, when achieved, made Britain dominant in world affairs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pitt is best known as the wartime political leader of Britain in the Seven Years’ War, especially for his single-minded devotion to victory over France, a victory which ultimately solidified Britain’s dominance over world affairs.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) as of January 1801.