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George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770) was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham.
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George Grenville (born October 14, 1712—died November 13, 1770, London, England) was an English politician whose policy of taxing the American colonies, initiated by his Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765, started the train of events leading to the American Revolution.
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Grenville was dismissed from office on July 10, 1765, and he almost immediately went to active opposition to both the King and to American defiance of the Stamp Act, comparing it to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.
George Grenville (14 de octubre de 1712 - 13 de noviembre de 1770). fue un político británico del partido Whig (antiguo Partido Liberal del Reino Unido) que ejerció como primer ministro de Gran Bretaña entre 1763 y 1765.
29 de dic. de 2017 · Biography. George Grenville came from a family of politicians. He became First Lord of the Treasury during a period of considerable political turbulence in the 1760s. His imposition of new duties...
Enfrentado a una gran deuda de guerra y temiendo una guerra francesa de represalias en América del Norte (o, al menos, levantamientos de nativos americanos incitados por los franceses), Grenville buscó formas de hacer a los estadounidenses responsables del costo de su propia defensa.
14 de dic. de 2022 · October 14, 1712–November 13, 1770. George Grenville was the Prime Minister of Great Britain and was responsible for implementing policies that caused the American Revolution. His policies are known as the Grenville Acts, and included the end of Salutary Neglect, the Sugar Act, and the Stamp Act. George Grenville. Image Source: Wikimedia.
