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How taxes have effected History
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Intrigued by history? Well here are some things that came occurred because of taxes!
| | Magna Charta: England's nobility got so fed up with King John's taxes and other things (no Robin Hood) |
| | The Crusades: Okay so religion had a lot to do with the Crusades, but they were funded by taxes on both sides. |
| | Last Names: Everyone of European descent got their last names so the Medieval IRS could identify John Smith from John Doe. |
| | Civil Wars: How many of those in the history books happened because taxes were too high? |
| | The Peasant's Revolt: Under Richard II of England. Ended serfdom eventually. |
| | Emigration to America: Economic opportunity, Religious Freedom, and no taxes. Good right? |
| | The American Revolution: Not exactly a civil war. But taxes on tea was a bad idea made good! |
| | The French Revolution: Who says only the poor should pay taxes? |
| | The Napoleonic Wars: Vive le Emperor! (Long live the Emperor). After all someone had to pay Wellington's salary or he wouldn't have been at Waterloo. |
| | The Whiskey Rebellion: Poor US guys who didn't want to pay taxes on booze. Settled bloodlessly by George Washington. |
| | World War 1: The real cause was the assassination of an Archduke but it was paid for by taxes |
| | The IRS: where would the Internal Revenue Service be without taxes to collect? |
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Great List very useful
Comment by: JokeMan
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