Issue No. 45 of The North Briton

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Issue No. 45 of The North Briton is a famously incendiary 1763 political pamphlet that fiercely attacked King George III’s government and led to John Wilkes’s prosecution for seditious libel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf periodical issue ⓘ
political pamphlet ⓘ
associatedWith John Wilkes affair ⓘ
Wilkesite movement ⓘ
radical politics in 18th-century Britain ⓘ
author John Wilkes ⓘ
causeOf debate on freedom of the press in Britain ⓘ
general warrant issued for John Wilkes and printers ⓘ
legal case Entick v. Carrington (context of general warrants) ⓘ
prosecution of John Wilkes for seditious libel ⓘ
public controversy over general warrants ⓘ
circulationArea London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
criticizes King George III's government ⓘ
King's Speech of 23 April 1763 ⓘ
ministry of Lord Bute ⓘ
linked to: Lord Bute
dateOfEvent 23 April 1763 ⓘ
describedAs famously incendiary pamphlet ⓘ
followedBy Issue No. 46 of The North Briton ⓘ
form pamphlet ⓘ
genre political journalism ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
historicalSignificance key episode in the development of protections against unreasonable search and seizure ⓘ
landmark in the history of freedom of expression in Britain ⓘ
symbol of opposition to royal influence over Parliament ⓘ
influenced American colonial discourse on rights and liberties ⓘ
later debates on civil liberties in Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalChargeRelatedTo seditious libel ⓘ
mainSubject British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

King George III ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
liberty of the press ⓘ
parliamentary privilege ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor assertion that the King had been misled by his ministers ⓘ
provoking a constitutional crisis over general warrants ⓘ
sharp personal attack on ministers of King George III ⓘ
partOf The North Briton ⓘ
politicalAlignment opposition to the court party ⓘ
support for parliamentary reform ⓘ
precededBy Issue No. 44 of The North Briton ⓘ
publicationDate 1763 ⓘ
publisher London (place of publication) ⓘ
linked to: London, England
seriesOrdinal 45 ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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John Wilkes → notableWork → Issue No. 45 of The North Briton ⓘ
Issue No. 45 of The North Briton → followedBy → Issue No. 46 of The North Briton ⓘ
linked to: Issue No. 45 of The North Briton