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14 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (born April 18, 1675, Raynham Hall, Norfolk, England—died June 21, 1738, Raynham) 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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30 de abr. de 2024 · Charles Townshend. London, Allen Lane , 2013, ISBN: 9780713999839; 560pp.; Price: £25.00. Reviewer: Dr Marc Mulholland. St Catherine's College, Oxford. Citation: Dr Marc Mulholland, review of The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence, 1918-1923, (review no. 1516) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1516. Date accessed: 30 April, 2024.
1 de may. de 2024 · The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that imposed new taxes on the American colonies. The acts, which were named after Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, levied taxes on imported goods such as glass, paint, lead, and tea.
2 de may. de 2024 · https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/218. Date accessed: 2 May, 2024. The historical significance of the First World War is taken for granted in most European countries. In Ireland, however, as Charles Townshend has noted, 'the memory of the war was for a long time marginalised.
26 de abr. de 2024 · 8 Charles Townshend brings out the fundamental clash of civil-military cultures between politicians and generals in Britain and the empire by focusing on the arguments and anomalies of martial law legislation as imposed in Ireland following the Easter Rising of April 191624.
1 de may. de 2024 · Declaratory Act and Charles Townshend. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765, and also passed the Declaratory Act, which asserted its authority over the American Colonies. As as far as the Crown and Parliament were concerned, this included taxation.
2 de may. de 2024 · McGarry easily organises rich evidence, offers insightful analysis, and writes a compelling narrative. For this this reader, The Rising has joined Charles Townshend’s Easter 1916 and Clair Wills’ Dublin 1916 as essential to anyone interested in the Easter Rising.
