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Charles Townshend (27 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the American Revolution.
Apr 11, 2024 · Charles Townshend (born August 27, 1725—died September 4, 1767, London, England) was a British chancellor of the Exchequer whose measures for the taxation of the British American colonies intensified the hostilities that eventually led to the American Revolution.
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Apr 14, 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. The temperamental Townshend soon came into conflict.
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Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, KG PC FRS ( / ˈtaʊnzənd /; 18 April 1674 – 21 June 1738) was an English Whig statesman. He served for a decade as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1714 to 1717 and again from 1721 to 1730.
Charles Townshend (1725-1767), the second son of the Charles, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and his wife Ethelreda Harrison, is best known for the American Revenue Act of 1767 that bears his name as the "Townshend duties."
Jul 25, 2016 · Charles Townshend (28 August 1725 – 4 September 1767) was a British politician who became infamous in the 13 original colonies for proposing the Townshend Acts. He was the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and was born into a life of privilege.
The Townshend Acts, passed in 1767 and 1768, were designed to raise revenue for the British Empire by taxing its North American colonies. They were met with widespread protest in the colonies, especially among merchants in Boston.
