<span>In 1890, William McKinley, the sitting Congressional Representative from Ohio, outlined the Tariff Act of 1890. Created to protect American businesses from foreign competition, the Tariff Act of 1890 raised the duty taxes on all imports to almost 50%. When American farmers, industrialists, and business men couldn't keep up with the demand created by limited foreign suppliers, prices for those goods skyrocketed, leaving many Americans with less money in their pockets. Additionally, foreign governments added their own sanctions and taxes to exported goods bound for the United States, adding additional fees that were passed along to the average consumer.</span>
<span>England started the
Navigation Acts in the mid-1600s to maintain a favorable trade understanding
with the colonies for England’s advantage by implementing trading restrictions.
The colonies were an attractive source of trade and wealth and open trade could
have reduced the opportunities for the British, to stop this Navigation acts
were introduced in Parliament in 1651, 1660 and 1663.</span>
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Lincoln freed slavery with the emancipation proclamation
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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the Devil's magic—and 20 were executed. ... Tens of thousands of supposed witches—mostly women—were executed.