History of Latin America, the history of the region (South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Romance language-speaking Caribbean islands) from the pre-Columbian period, including Spanish and Portuguese colonization, the 19th-century wars of indep
Offers an overview of the history of taxes. Establishment of an income tax by British Prime Minister William Pitt in 1797; Instances when governments tax incomes; War and taxes; Income taxes in America; Experiment in maintaining wartime's high tax rates during peacetime.U...
10地理位置与环境:Location and environment: The United States is located in the central part of North America, bordering Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the east and west respectively. Environmental protection in the United States has been the fo...
On January 25, 1787, six debt-ridden farmers in Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays, revolt against their creditors and high Massachusetts taxes. Faced with imprisonment and the loss of their farms for not paying their debts, they engage in Shays' Rebellion, but it fails when state militia int...
On January 25, 1787, six debt-ridden farmers in Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays, revolt against their creditors and high Massachusetts taxes. Faced with imprisonment and the loss of their farms for not paying their debts, they engage in Shays' Rebellion, but it fails when state militia int...
They urged fellow citizens to cease paying taxes or trading with Britain and to undertake militia drill each week. Passed unanimously, the resolves were carried by Paul Revere to Philadelphia, where they were endorsed by the First Continental Congress....
Taxation Without Representation in Colonial America was the primary cause of the American Revolution. It led to the American Revolutionary War and, ultimately, the establishment of the United States of America. Sugar Act Guide The Sugar Act was Great Britain’s first law levying taxes on the Ame...
In 1776 the United States Of America was formed, developing their own governments, yet Great Britain still had control over these people. After more and more taxes, all 13 colonies joined in protest (politically and militarily). The American Revolutionary War began in 1775 and lasted through ...
America's whiskey makers have long chafed at federal taxes on distilled spirits, and the issue came to a head during President Ulysses Grant's second term. In 1875, Grant's Treasury secretary, Benjamin Bristow, exposed an organized effort by whiskey distillers to keep the tax revenue to themse...
America Before Income Taxes Taxes have been around for thousands of years, especiallyincome taxes, but that wasn't always the case in the United States. The country was income-tax-free in its infancy because there was no federal government to establish one. The British government imposed a var...