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30 de oct. de 2023 · On 5 April 1764, British Prime Minister George Grenville (l. 1712-1770) passed an act through Parliament that would become known as the Sugar Act.An extension of the existing Molasses Act of 1733, Grenville’s Sugar Act imposed a tax of 3 pence per gallon on molasses produced outside of the British Empire, as well as restricted the trade of other valuable colonial goods, such as lumber, to ...
24 de oct. de 2023 · George Grenville (1712-1770), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1763 to 1765. Oil on canvas portrait by William Hoare, 1764. Christ Church, Oxford.
George Grenville: A Political Life. By Philip Lawson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984. Pp. vi+309. £19.50. - Lord Grenville 1759–1834. By Peter Jupp. Oxford ...
Grenville was in and out of office during the shifting administrations that marked the end of George II's long reign and the beginning of George III's. What also shifted were Grenville's political alliances as he drifted away from Pitt and closer to those allied with the household of the Prince of Wales in the 1750s, a process of changing allegiances that continued after the prince's accession ...
George Grenville ( 14. říjen 1712 – 13. listopad 1770) byl britský státník, člen strany Whigů, který za krátký čas sedmi let, po který byl členem britské vlády dosáhl až na funkci jejího předsedy. Byl jedním z mála premiérů, kteří nikdy nebyli jmenováni peery (a tedy členy Sněmovny lordů ).
During Grenville's ministry George III was extending Buckingham House and resented Grenville's insistence on economies. The King wanted his London home to be a suitable residence for the monarch and thought Grenville was miserly. All these factors led to the fall of Grenville's ministry. In July 1765 his ministry was replaced by the first ...
20 de sept. de 2009 · George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain, sings a familiar and catchy tune about the Sugar Act of 1764.
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