George Grenville was an English Statesman whose policy of taxing the American colonies, introduced first by the Sugar Act and then by the Stamp Act. These events in one another way led to the Revolution in America. In 1741, George Grenville joined the Parliament. After attending some consular posts, Grenville was proposed to George III by Lord Bute to be his beneficiary as the first administrator of the Treasury (Prime Minister).
This was known as the "iron curtain." It was a term used to describe the boundary in Europe, which formed at the end of WWII and lasted until the ending of the Cold War.
