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17 de jun. 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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24 de jun. de 2024 · Charles Townshend The Grafton ministry adopted an energetic American policy, thanks in part to Townshend , who pushed through Parliament in the spring of 1767 his famous duties on tea , glass , lead , and papers.
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Há 3 dias · The Townshend Acts were a series of measures passed by the British Parliament in 1767. Named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, these laws aimed to exert control over the American colonies and raise revenue. The Townshend Acts included duties on imports like glass, paint, paper, and tea.
19 de jun. de 2024 · Jorge III demitiu Rockingham. Sucedeu-lhe William Pitt, também simpático aos colonos. No entanto, Pitt estava velho e doente com gota. O seu chanceler deO tesoureiro, Charles Townshend, cuja função era gerir as finanças do Império, assumiu muitas das suas funções, entre as quais a de angariar as receitas necessárias junto das colónias.
Há 1 dia · The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet .
2 de jul. de 2024 · Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend imposed new duties on imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea in the colonies. Revenue paid the salaries of governors and judges, preventing colonial legislatures from exercising the power of the purse over those officials.
1 de jul. 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.
