How Did Frederick North Contribute To Government

Frederick North was born on April 13, 1732 in London and died on August 5, 1792 in London, at 60 years of age. He was the son of Francis North, First Earl of Gulliford and Lady Lucy Montagu, Baroness of Gulliford. At times he did not have a good relationship with his father.
He was well educated at Eton College from 1742-1748 and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he received an MA. After leaving Oxford, he went on a world tour with his stepbrother, Dartmouth, where he went to Vienna, Milan, and Paris returning to England in 1753. At this time it was not very common to travel to other countries.
In 1756 he married Anne Speke, who was the daughter of a Somerset Squire. They had 7 children together.

At the first General Election, Frederick
When he learned that the government did not have authority to close the port of Boston until the tea was paid for, or to arrest leaders, North had little choice but to go to the House of Commons (Parliament). Lord North punished the rebellious Bostonians by passing four bills aiming to end dissent in colony of Massachusetts. The adoption of the Coercive Acts, all of which passed with huge majorities, drove the colonies first into union and then into war against Great Britain. These bills were known as the Intolerable acts or the coercive acts. Like all the other acts, they pushed the colonists further towards war with Great Britain. The battle of Concord and Lexington started on april 19, 1775. This started the american revolution. North became one of the most hated men in America. In July 1774, Arthur Lee (who was an american diplomat during the revolution) called him (and his stepbrother Dartmouth), "as perfect villains as any of the Age," who were "ready to execute the most diabolical