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Charles Townshend (28 de agosto de 1725 - 4 de septiembre de 1767) fue un político británico que ocupó varios títulos en el Parlamento de Gran Bretaña. El establecimiento de las controvertidas Townshend Acts es considerada una de las causas clave de la Revolución de las Trece Colonias.
Charles Townshend (27 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the American Revolution.
11 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Townshend (born August 27, 1725—died September 4, 1767, London, England) was a British chancellor of the Exchequer whose measures for the taxation of the British American colonies intensified the hostilities that eventually led to the American Revolution.
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Biografía de Charles Townshend. Es doctor en Historia por la Universidad de Oxford, y profesor de Historia Internacional en la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad de Keele en Staffordshire. Miembro del Centro Nacional de Humanidades y del Centro Internacional Woodrow Wilson en Washington DC.
14 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend was a Whig statesman who directed British foreign policy from 1721 to 1730. He succeeded his father, Horatio Townshend, as viscount in 1687, and in 1714 King George I appointed him a secretary of state.
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Charles Townshend (1725-1767), the second son of the Charles, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and his wife Ethelreda Harrison, is best known for the American Revenue Act of 1767 that bears his name as the "Townshend duties."
Ante las amenazas de los conservadores (Torys), el rey nombra a Townshend secretario de Estado. En 1719 el monarca ratifica su apoyo a los liberales estando Townshend al mando de éstos. En este periodo tuvo que enfrentarse a diversos problemas internos.
