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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 ...
21 de nov. de 2023 · George Grenville (1721-1770) was a British politician who greatly influenced the desire for independence in colonial America. Grenville was a member of Parliament and Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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1730s. George III, well tutored by Bute, was determined not to give Grenville or any other minister similar power, lest he become the prisoner of his Prime Minister and find his freedom to choose his ministers restricted or worse. The King wanted his ministers to be his "tools" and regarded with suspicion the "Triumvirate" of Grenville
George Grenville. Profession: British Prime Minister. Biography: George Grenville was born into a political family. His father was an MP and Grenville entered parliament himself in 1741 as MP for Buckingham, a seat he held until his death in 1770. As a Whig, Grenville became a supporter of William Pitt the Elder and entered the Privy Council.
Grenville ActsGRENVILLE ACTS. Under the leadership of George Grenville, who headed the ministry that came to power in March 1763, the imperial government enacted a number of measures intended to increase the amount of control it exercised over the North American colonies.
3 de sept. de 2014 · George Grenville, a political life by Lawson, Philip, 1949-1995. Publication date 1984 Topics Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Statesmen -- Great Britain ...
Grenville was born on 14 October 1712 at Westminster in London. He was educated at Eton between 1725 and 1728, going on to Christ church, Oxford in 1730. He was called to the Bar in 1735. In 1741 he was elected as MP for Buckingham, a pocket borough of his uncle Richard, Viscount Cobham. There were only thirteen electors.
