The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Rockingham_ministry" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Rockingham ministry">Second Rockingham ministry</a> assumes office in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and begins negotiations to end the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American War of Independence</a>.