George Washington had imposed a tax on whiskey. Farmers in western Pennsylvania rebelled against the tax and refused to pay it. Washington ordered the state's military to put down the rebellion. The state did not listen to him so Washington sent federal troops to put it down. This basically formed the idea that the government can put down internal rebellions using force if necessary.
The expressed power the Supreme Court cited when it upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was: the power to tax.
Explanation
Even though the Supreme Court declared that the law could never be upheld, by a decision based on the regulatory power of Congress, the Court ended accepting that it was constitutional and valid for the Congressional power to tax, as a consequence, defending the individual mandate.
The answer to your question is B. progressive tax
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It was different because it remained independent during the colonial era when the rest of South East Asia was colonized. It modernized itself and worked with both British and French colonies but remained independent and chose who they wanted to work with. The territory of Siam is what is nowadays known as Thailand, so you can see that Thailand managed to develop itself and its culture independently of the colonizers who ran rampant among the South East Asian region and which caused many wars in recent times.
