George Grenville (II)


	George Grenville (II)

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1b86ad6a-44e2-4b63-9c89-ec371c90d4db/6A368B7F-A303-40C6-A749-5B3FA15CAC7C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/grenville.html" href="http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/grenville.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.victorianweb.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.victorianweb.org/history/pms/grenville.html">In 1764 the Sugar Act was passed. This reduced the molasses duty of 6d per 
  gallon to 3d but Grenville enforced payment through stricter customs controls 
  in the thirteen colonies. The Sugar Act did not raise as much revenue as had 
  been expected so in March 1765 the Stamp Act was passed. It was to be implemented 
  in America on 1 November 1765. The Act extended the British Stamp Act to America 
  and taxed all newspapers, legal documents, licenses, dice, playing cards and 
  official documents. Both of these pieces of legislation were passed easily by 
  parliament despite colonial opposition. The result of the passing of the Stamp 
  Act were the Stamp Act riots throughout the American colonies, beginning in 
  August and culminating in the Stamp Act Congress in October. In America, 'no 
  taxation without representation' became the cry. However, Grenville did not 
  have to deal with the colonial problems that resulted in his policies because 
  he was invited to resign by George III in July 1765.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6A368B7F-A303-40C6-A749-5B3FA15CAC7C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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