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1 giorno fa · In 1732 he revived a duty on salt, which enabled him to cut the land tax to one shilling in the pound. In 1733 he proposed to levy excise taxes on the sale of wine and tobacco, but the Opposition in Parliament launched a ferocious and successful campaign against these proposals.
1 giorno fa · Historians have long disagreed over the question of how far George III himself was responsible for these tumultuous events. The Declaration of Independence (1776) unambiguously condemned the king as a tyrant.
2 giorni fa · George Washington - Wikipedia. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, farmer, and first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
2 giorni fa · Footnotes. 1685 – 1782. On the death of king Charles II. in 1685, addresses were sent up to his successor, James II. both by the corporation and Trinity House of Newcastle. In the following year, the town's chamber was robbed, when the corporation offered £100 for the discovery of the offenders.
3 giorni fa · Unsuccessful attempts to repeal the sacramental test laws in 1736 and 1739 were directed by the Protestant Dissenting Deputies, an organisation of prominent London laymen of the Three Denominations of Old Dissent (Presbyterians, Independents and Baptists) formed in 1732 and dedicated to protecting and expanding the civil rights of ...
23 ore fa · New waves of plague struck northern Italy and Tuscany in 1630–31 and southern Italy, Lazio, and Genoa in 1656–57, with population losses between one-fourth and one-fifth, respectively. The large cities of Milan, Naples, and Genoa lost as much as half of their population.
2 giorni fa · Early career. Political career. Walpole's political career began in January 1701 when he won a seat in the English general election at Castle Rising in Norfolk. He left Castle Rising in 1702 so that he could represent the neighbouring borough of King's Lynn, a pocket borough that would re-elect him for the remainder of his political career.
