Cuba had been a country of interest for Americans for many years
prior to the 1890s. Because it was only 90 miles from the tip of
Florida, many Americans believed it to be a natural extension of the US.
During the 1890s it became a profitable source of trade for American
businessmen. After the Cuban revolt against Spain ended the Americans
poured investments over $50 million into Cuba and became the biggest
purchaser of Cuban sugar. The US removed tariffs making sugar cheap for Americans to buy. Both the US and the Cuban economies benefited and the trade increased to $100 million. The depression of 1893, however, had a negative effect on both economies. <span>
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Article 1 section 9 clause 7 denies the federal government the power to spend money <span>unless congress passes a law allowing it.
This is the actual article:
"</span>No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time."
As you can see here, there will be repercussions if the federal government doesn't abide by laws.<span />
It would be "heroin" that is the highly addictive drug derived from the poppy plant, since this is considered part of the "opiate" family of drugs, which come from poppies.
The colonists <span>never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on </span>tea<span>, and the </span>Tea Act<span> rekindled their opposition to it. Their resistance culminated in the Boston </span>Tea<span> Party on December 16, </span>1773<span>, in which </span>colonists<span> boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of </span>tea<span> overboard.</span>
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