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9 de nov. de 2023 · On 5 April 1764, the ministry of Prime Minister George Grenville (l. 1712-1770) issued the Sugar Act, a tax on the molasses trade. This was met with outrage by colonial merchants since molasses made up a large part of the lucrative triangular trade with Europe and Africa and was important to the economies of the New England colonies .
13 de nov. de 2009 · In October, nine colonies sent representatives to New York to attend a Stamp Act Congress, where resolutions of “rights and grievances” were framed and sent to Parliament and King George III ...
George Grenville. 14 October 1712 - 13 November 1770. George Grenville entered Parliament in 1741 as a representative of the borough of Buckingham in the House of Commons. He served as treasurer of the navy, 1754-1762, was admitted to the cabinet in 1761, and, later that year, was appointed leader of the House of Commons. In 1763, Grenville ...
28 de sept. de 2021 · British Prime Minister George Grenville here depicted as “The Great Financier” via LOC. He first responded with the Sugar Act of 1764. This act actually lowered the existing tax on importation of sugar in the colonies (as compared to the Molasses Act of 1733), but it was rigidly enforced thereby making tax evasion by smuggling and/or bribery of customs officials more difficult. 1
In seeking to balance the national budget, he blundered into levying taxes on the Americans. The Sugar Act of 1764 aroused very little opposition or even discussion. But it was an entering wedge. The ease with which it sailed through Parliament led Grenville to propose another American tax, the Stamp Act.
The Stamp Act. On February 6th, 1765 George Grenville rose in Parliament to offer the fifty-five resolutions of his Stamp Bill. A motion was offered to first read petitions from the Virginia colony and others was denied. The bill was passed on February 17, approved by the Lords on March 8th, and two weeks later ordered in effect by the King.
Newspapers in London printed cartoons making fun of Grenville's administration. One popular cartoon was called "The Funeral of Miss Ame-stamp," and depicted a funeral procession going to the tomb of the Stamp Act. The cartoon also depicted George Grenville carrying a child's coffin and labeled "Miss Ame-Stamp born 1765, died 1766."
