To show his support for the federal government's authority to tax.
Answer:
Codex of Hammurabi
Explanation:
The codex of Hammurabi was a set of rules that were written by King Hammurabi who reigned Mesopotamia from 1792 to 1750 B.C. The laws were written on top of a stone stele and considered to be earliest examples of written public record of consistent laws
The codex covered set of rules that's designed to maintain order within the empire. It include things such as Punishments for criminal activities, proper way to conduct trades, and how the government officials should behave toward the people
It was a oil-exporting nation and it lost too much of an important resource, thus crippling the economy.
About seventy five percent of families lived below the poverty line.
