At the end of World War I, due to mounting war debts, the recently established Income Tax was drastically increased from a top marginal rate of 15% in 1916 to over 75% in 1918. After the war ended, the Government drew down the military and eventually changed its policy towards income tax, bringing it back down into the 20s.
The name is this act was the coercive acts. These acts were also called the "Intolerable acts".
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Congress lacked the power to levy taxes and struggled to finance the Revolutionary War. With the ratification of the Articles of Confederation, the Congress became known as the Congress of the Confederation. In June 1775, Congress created the Continental Army and gave command of the Army to George Washington.
The enlightenment ideas encouraged people to create things such as elections and parliaments to make choices. In case of a corrupt government, the people could change it completely with ease and without any blood spilled, which was a strong enlightenment idea.
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