George Grenville

(noun)

A British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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  • British Taxes and Colonial Grievances

    • In 1764, George Grenville became the British Chancellor of the Exchequer.
    • Grenville thought that if profits from smuggled goods could be directed towards Britain, the money could help pay off debts.
    • With persuasion from Grenville, Parliament also began to impose several new taxes on the colonists in 1764.
  • The Sugar and Stamp Acts

    • George Grenville—who became prime minister in April 1763—had to find a way to restore the nation's finances, address the large debt, and pay for this large peacetime army.
    • Raising taxes in Britain was not an option due to virulent protests in England, and the Grenville ministry decided Parliament would raise this revenue instead by taxing the American colonists.
    • Grenville did not expect the colonies to contribute to the interest or the retirement of the debt; however, he did expect the colonists to pay a portion of the expenses for colonial defense, and so he devised the Sugar Act of 1764 to raise those funds.
  • The Stamp Act

    • George Grenville—who became prime minister in April 1763—had to find a way to pay for this large peacetime army.
    • The Grenville ministry therefore decided that Parliament would raise this revenue by taxing the American colonists without their consent.
  • The Election of 1988

    • The 1988 United States presidential election was defined by the victory of Republican George H.W.
    • Reagan's Vice President George H.
    • The result was a third consecutive Republican landslide victory and George H.
    • Bush's victory percentage – 53.4% — has not yet been surpassed in any subsequent presidential election, and he was the last candidate to get a majority of the popular vote until his son George W.
    • Official portrait of George H.
  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • In 1775, the Colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
    • In August 1775, upon learning of the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George III issued a Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition.
    • On October 26, 1775, King George III expanded on the Proclamation of Rebellion in his Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament.
    • King George indicated that he intended to deal with the crisis with armed force.
    • The Proclamation of Rebellion was King George III's response to the Olive Branch Petition.
  • Notes

    • Books: Gagnon, George W. & Collay, Michelle (2001).
  • The Gallup Organization

    • Gallup Inc. was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
    • Founded by George Gallup , Gallup, Inc. is primarily a research-based, performance-management consulting company.
    • Gallup Inc. was founded in 1958, when George Gallup grouped all of his polling operations into one organization.
    • George Gallup founded the American Institute of Public Opinion, the precursor of The Gallup Organization, in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1935.
  • The George W. Bush Administration

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    • The presidency of George W.
    • The oldest son of former president George H.
    • Bush, George W.
    • President George W.
  • Policy Adoption

    • For example, unfavorable media coverage undermined the George W.
    • Negative media attention toward George W.
  • The "McDonaldization" of Society

    • Sociologist George Ritzer theorizes "McDonaldization" as a contemporary form of rationalization.
    • "McDonaldization" is a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book The McDonaldization of Society (1993) .
    • George Ritzer is a sociologist who studies American patterns of consumption, globalization, metatheory, and modern and postmodern social theory.
    • "McDonaldization" is a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book The McDonaldization of Society (1993).
    • Explain how George Ritzer's categorizes efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control with reference to the McDonalds model
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