Stamp tax
This was required following the enactment of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament in 1765. The stamp tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper used in the colonies
<span>The British Civil Service examination system
The United States Civil Service Act of 1883, in part, imitated the British Civil Service examination system. The U. S. Congress envisioned a system based more on practical qualifications rather than the academically based British examinations, however.</span>
Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore
