Excerpt from The History of the Reign of George III, Vol. 3 of 3: To Which Is Prefixed, a View of the Progressive Improvement of England, in Prosperity and Strength, to the Accession of His Majesty While pursuing their schemes of aggrandizement in Europe, the French were intent on acquiring the ascendency in the western world. A powerful armament was in preparation, for the avowed purpose of subduing the revolted colony of St. Domingo, but there was little doubt that its ulterior objects were the occupation of the ceded terri tory of Louisiana and the consequent establishment of a power in the West Indies which might at a future period enable them to give the law in that quarter, both to Great Britain and the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.