Who was George Grenville, and why was he important?

George Grenville was a British Politician and member of the Whig Party. He held various ministerial roles in the British government, including Lord of the Admiralty, Northern Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He also held the position of Prime Minister under King George III. As Prime Minister Grenville wrote and pushed for the implementation of the Stamp Act, which required virtually all paper products in the colonies to be printed on British stamped paper to ensure compliance with the tax law. This proved wildly unpopular in the colonies and led to acts of disobedience and unrest. The Stamp Act was one of the reasons the colonists escalated their acts of disobedience, which in turn led to escalation in the response by Britain. This spiraled into the Revolutionary War.