2007-12-06 03:36:26 · 5 answers · asked by alphabetsoup2 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Boston Tea Party, LMAO, um, you know, after we became a nation and before 1917...
2007-12-06 03:44:54 · update #1
Tarriffs and taxes placed on valuable goods, stamps is a great example, so is tea, alcohol, etc.... Anything that was essential to people is taxed (and still is).
2007-12-06 03:44:35 · answer #1 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sale of stamps. You needed a stamp on documents for them to be legal. You needed a stamp to sell certain goods ie. alcohol.... you needed a stamp to transport goods to England and France...etc.... The purchase of these Stamps was a tax. That tax paid for the Army, the minting of money, Government salaries. Then we ballooned government and no longer would the stamps cover the cost. I think we should go back to that system, it was pay as you go....
2007-12-06 03:41:32 · answer #2 · answered by libsticker 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Stamp Act
2007-12-06 03:59:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tariffs on imports provided the bulk of the federal revenue.
http://internationalecon.com/Trade/Tch20/T20-3.php
2007-12-06 04:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever heard of the Boston Tea Party? Look into it, it will explain a lot.
2007-12-06 03:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋