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The Townshend Moment - The Making of Empire and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
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The Townshend Moment - The Making of Empire and Revolution in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
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The captivating story of two British brothers whose attempts to
reform an empire helped to incite rebellion and revolution in
America and insurgency and reform in Ireland Patrick Griffin
chronicles the attempts of brothers Charles and George Townshend to
control the forces of history in the heady days after Britain's
mythic victory over France in the mid-eighteenth century, and the
historic and unintended consequences of their efforts. As British
chancellor of the exchequer in 1767, Charles Townshend instituted
fiscal policy that served as a catalyst for American rebellion
against the Crown, while his brother George's actions at the same
moment as lord lieutenant of Ireland politicized the kingdom,
leading to Irish legislative independence. This fascinating study
is the first to consider as a linked history the influence of two
all-but-forgotten brothers, both of whom rose to national
prominence in the same year. Griffin vividly reconstructs the many
worlds the Townshends moved through and explores how their shared
conception of an empire that could harness the wealth of America to
the manpower of Ireland initiated an age of revolution.
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