Most state income taxes<span> have a similar </span>progressive structure<span>. A </span>regressive tax<span> is the exact opposite. Higher-income taxpayers pay a smaller percentage </span>of<span> their income than lower-income taxpayers because the </span>tax<span> is not based on ability to pay.</span>
<span>Men could be drafted into the army.</span>
The best answer choice would be A.
The ideas of the Enlightenment, which emphasized science and reason over faith and superstition, strongly influenced the American colonies in the eighteenth century.