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 correct answer should be "Moral obligation to bring Western Civilization to less developed areas".
This was a justification and the way they presented it in public. It was especially prominent in Spain as they said that they were expanding for Christianity whereas they really wanted gold from colonies.
Answer: On this day 100 years ago, British forces opened fire on the crowd attending a Gaelic football match in Dublin's Croke Park stadium. Fourteen people were killed or fatally wounded and dozens more were injured.
