Answer:
Slaves were property
Explanation:
Slaves were essentially property, worth money and were used for extremely cheap labor. Killing the slave would essentially be purposely crashing your car. That is why slavers practiced cruel punishments such as beatings to discipline disobedient slaves.
Answer:
The French-Indian War was officially won by the British but it cost them greatly, literally. It cost so much England decided to tax America highly since they spent all of this money "for them". Americans were already angry with Britain because of the way the soldiers treated the citizens, and they also felt different from them because of the years of salutary neglect. All of this added up and was one reason the Revolutionary Way happened.
A. A person with a higher income pays more money in taxes.
A progressive tax's percentage is dependent on what income bracket you are in. So if you are in a higher income bracket (you earn more) then you would pay a bigger percentage than someone in a lower income bracket. That is why it is a "progressive tax", because it gets progressively bigger.