Answer:These grassy areas were known as downs. Later, after real tracks were constructed (usually on the same sites) they named the track and kept the downs in the name. Probably the most famous track there was Epsom Downs which originated around 1661 and became famous for the big race they started known as “The Derby
Prior to the American Revolution, the British
repealed all of the new taxes they had levied on the colonists, with the
exception of the "sin" taxes, such as taxes on whiskey and tobacco.
