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All the Spanish Colonies in America and the Philippines were required to pay taxes for two reasons. ... As recognition of Spain's Sovereignty over the Colonies. 2. To defray the expenses of pacification (The act of forcibly suppressing hostility within the colonies) and governance, thereafter.
William M.Tweed was the leader of Tammany hall
I can answer the second part the men that controlled them paid very little lots of work hours and no vacations so they made a lot of money while the people made very little