ABSTRACT
The Grenville and the Grenville-Bedford administrations. Grenville's rigorous enforcement of the Navigation Act. He determines to tax the colonies in America. His plan. The port duties imposed in 1764. The Stamp Act of 1765. The Rockingham administration. Repeal of the Cider Act and the Stamp Act for America. Chatham's Grafton administration. The mosaic ministry. Loss of the land tax resolution. Townshend's port duties for America. Death of Townshend. North chancellor of the exchequer. Resignation of Grafton. North prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer.
