Timeline for How did Americans' hatred of taxes shape the country up through the Gilded Age? [closed]
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 16:35 | history | closed |
Ne Mo Semaphore Tom Au CGCampbell MCW♦ |
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| S Apr 17, 2015 at 15:05 | history | edited | Semaphore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Apr 17, 2015 at 15:05 | history | suggested | CGCampbell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 14:50 | comment | added | CGCampbell | 1. I don't think it's clear at all. 2. Before the revolutionary war those 'tax haters' were English subjects, not Americans. 3. After the revolutionary war there were still taxes, they were just "our" taxes. | |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 13:26 | comment | added | MCW♦ | You've phrased your question as an explicit request for opinion "how do you think...." The title is really broad - covering nearly a century of history and at least three different governments. Finally nobody likes taxes - but the Revolutionary war took place in the context of the British constitutional principle that Taxes are the Free Gift of the populace, and issues of representation and types of taxes. Somewhat more complex than implied in the first sentence. | |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 10:32 | comment | added | Ne Mo | You've loaded some erroneous tea-party talking points into your question (Joe the plumber, not Samuel Adams). It can't be answered till you take them out. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 9:21 | answer | added | Bryce | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 8:12 | history | edited | Felix Goldberg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 4:12 | comment | added | Semaphore | The American Revolution was about economic interests, taxes was just an (inconsistent) talking point. You're covering a lot of ground in one go by going up till the Gilded Age, though. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 3:18 | comment | added | two sheds | I apologize that I can't answer this more thoroughly for now, but much historiography (e.g. Bernard Bailyn and Gordon Wood) plays down the importance of taxes. The Revolution was about who was taxing and why, not taxes per se. | |
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 3:11 | history | asked | Johnson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |