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Charles Townshend (28 août 1725 – 4 septembre 1767) est un homme politique britannique qui occupe divers postes au Parlement de Grande-Bretagne. Ses controversés Townshend Acts sont considérés comme l’une des causes principales de la révolution américaine .
Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945) is a British historian. His most prominent field of research is the history of British rule in Ireland , but is also a historian of British influence and rule in the Middle East during and after World War I, the era of Mandatory Palestine , Mandatory Iraq , and the Emirate of Transjordan .
In 1767, Charles Townshend, Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, imposed a series of new taxes designed to raise revenue. All imports of glass, lead, paint, and tea were to be taxed, new customs officials were to be sent to the colonies to collect, and courts of admiralty were created to prosecute violators and smugglers.
25 de jul. de 2016 · Charles Townshend Facts: Early Life, Politics and Death He was a sickly child, suffered from epilepsy, and had a strained relationship with his parents. Charles graduated from the Dutch Leiden University on 27 October 1745; while there, he had associated with a small group of other English youth, who later became well known in various circles.
Townshend Acts, (June 15–July 2, 1767), in colonial U.S. history, series of four acts passed by the British Parliament in an attempt to assert what it considered to be its historic right to exert authority over the colonies through suspension of a recalcitrant representative assembly and through strict provisions for the collection of revenue ...
Charles Townshend was the head of the treasury in Great Britain. He wanted to see Britain take more control over its colonies. After the Stamp Act protests, many including the British Prime Minister, William Pitt, did not want to pass more tax laws. Townshend, however, felt differently.
George III duly dismissed Rockingham. William Pitt, also sympathetic to the colonists, succeeded him. However, Pitt was old and ill with gout. His chancellor of the exchequer, Charles Townshend (Figure 5.3.1), whose job was to manage the Empire’s finances, took on many of his duties.
