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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.
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.
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.
Jun 17, 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 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.
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."
Nov 9, 2023 · The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by the British Parliament between 1767 and 1768 to tax and regulate the thirteen American colonies. The acts were deemed unconstitutional by the colonists, who protested them, helping to escalate the American Revolution.
Jun 11, 2018 · Charles Townshend [1] Townshend, 2d Viscount (toun´zĕnd), 1674–1738, English statesman. A leading Whig in the reign of Queen Anne, he served as a commissioner to negotiate the union (1707) with Scotland and as ambassador (1708–11) to the Netherlands.
Nov 9, 2009 · The Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, British chancellor of the Exchequer, imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies.
Charles Townshend was a member of the House of Commons when he convinced Parliament to impose a new tax on the American colonies in 1767. After the Stamp Act was repealed, the relationship between England and the American colonies was still shaky.
