The passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act<span> came after a long period of anti-</span>Chinese <span>discrimination. ... The </span>Chinese Exclusion Act<span> of 1882 was one of the first pieces of legislation passed by the United </span>States<span> government to legally discriminate against the </span>Chinese<span> people.</span>
I think the answer is FALSE
The newly formed U.S. wanted to make the declaration the opposite of what Great Britain did. The revolutionary war took place BECAUSE of that. So they fought for lower taxes, so they get lower taxes.