. Une brève histoire de l'Angleterre et de l'Empire britannique. Il a donc été déterminé à forcer les Américains à partager les dépenses et la mesure adoptée était la loi du timbre.une taxe sur le papier estampé. Cette forme de taxe de 17651766« était nouvelle aux États-Unis et provodso impopulaire et tellement impossible à appliquer que Grenville et son ébéniste English Revenue se sentaient obligés de démissionner. Rockingham suc-TAMP a cédé Grenville au poste de Premier ministre et le nouveau cabinet a incité le Parlement à abroger la loi:l mais de toute aptitude politique constructive Rockingham était incapable; et quand le roi l'a congédié quelques mois plus tard

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. A short history of England and the British Empire. It was therefore determined toforce the Americans to share in the expenseand the measure adopted was The Stamp Act.a tax on stamped paper. This 17651766«form of tax was new in America and provedso unpopular and so utterly impossible ofenforcement that Grenville and his cabinetAn English Revenue felt compelled to resign. Rockingham suc-TAMP ceeded Grenville as prime minister and the new cabinet induced parliament to repeal the act:l but of anyconstructive statesmanship Rockingham was incapable; andwhen the king dismissed him a few months later, the problemof how to maintain an army in America was as far from settle-ment as ever. 443. The Townshend Act. In his search for a prime min-ister who would form a ministry without reference to party, theking finally determined on William Pitt, who was The ministrycreated earl of Chatham and placed in charge, of LordBut Chatham, too, proved unequal to the occasion.His health was frail; the American question was beyond him ; 1 Cheyney, No. 381.. 476 THE REVOLT OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES he lost interest in the government; and the nation driftedalong practically without a prime minister. Finally CharlesTownshend, 1 who held the important office of chancellor ofthe exchequer, or minister of finance, brought out andTownshends succeeded in getting parliament to pass a seriesPlan- of measures for the taxation of America by means of a tariff or import duty on various articles that were ingeneral use, such as glass, paper, tea, painters colors, andred and white lead. The quarrel broke out afresh and led tomuch rioting in the colonies; but in their opposition to thesemeasures the Americans were at a disadvantage, as they hadearlier admitted the right of the English government to levytaxes on imports. The agitation gradually subsided, and in1768 it seemed as if quiet might be restored. 444. American Resistance. The Boston Tea Party.Now followed a series of events that served to inflame t

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