Grenville Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Act of Parliament
gptkbp:aimsTo raising revenue
gptkbp:associatedWith economic control
mercantilism
British_imperial_policy
gptkbp:context gptkb:post-war_Britain
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:American_Revolution
colonial identity
gptkbp:description unfair taxation
gptkbp:enactedBy Parliament of Great Britain
Stamp Act
gptkbp:enforces customs_officials
gptkbp:established customs_duties
gptkbp:historicalContext colonial governance
gptkbp:historicalPeriod colonial unity
formation of new government
establishment of taxation principles
American_independence
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first direct tax on colonies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grenville Act
gptkbp:impact gptkb:American_colonies
gptkbp:influenced Declaration of Independence
Constitutional debates
future taxation policies
gptkbp:influencedBy Seven Years' War
gptkbp:inspiration political activism
gptkbp:internationalClassification colonial resistance
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:George_Grenville
gptkbp:issueFeePaid gptkb:Southern_Colonies
gptkb:Middle_Colonies
gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Stamp_Act_Congress
increased tensions
revolutionary sentiment
colonial unrest
gptkbp:notableEvent Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
Currency Act
gptkbp:partOf Sugar Act
gptkbp:relatedTo British_taxation_policy
gptkbp:revenue limited
pay off war debt
gptkbp:sparked protests
smuggling
boycotts
gptkbp:targets sugar
molasses
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1764