| 单词 | stamp tax |
| 例句 | A member of Parliament, arguing against the stamp tax, said that the colonists, who had no representatives in Parliament, were being burdened with a tax they had not voted on. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was called the stamp tax because every time colonists bought a newspaper, calendar, marriage license, deck of playing cards, or pair of dice they had to pay extra for a special stamp. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Other protests, particularly boycotts, had considerable success: Britain ultimately repealed its stamp tax and even eliminated onerous duties imposed by the Townshend Acts — except for the tax on tea. Museum Review: Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Reopens With New Exhibits 2012-07-03T21:40:13Z Virginians had recently learned that the British Parliament had adopted a stamp tax for the American colonies. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Colonial lawyers argued that the stamp tax violated colonists’ natural rights, and they accused the government of “taxation without representation.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The scheme also included fraudulent confidential stamp tax affidavits and fake mortgages, all of which contained forged notary signatures and seals, according to prosecutors. Oklahoma trio plead guilty for roles in home title scheme 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z The state’s housing programs are paid for with revenue from the doc stamp tax paid on all real estate transactions, according to the coalition. Officials: Affordable housing fund is rarely fully funded 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z With relatively low income and business taxes, in keeping with the territory’s laissez-faire financial identity, Hong Kong instead gets more than one-third of its revenue from land sales and a “stamp tax” on property transactions. Hong Kong aims to solve its housing crisis with an $80-billion artificial island 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Colonists objected to the Sugar Act, but they were outraged when Grenville announced plans for a colonial stamp tax modeled after a similar levy in Britain. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z And, in 1767, Anne Catharine Green “became the first female newspaper publisher in the country and the newspaper fought the dreaded stamp tax that started the American Revolution.” Opinion | The Capital Gazette is the Annapolis community 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z “In 1767 Anne Catharine Green became the first female newspaper publisher in the country and the newspaper fought the dreaded stamp tax that started the American Revolution.” Five dead in Capital Gazette shooting; suspect Jarrod Ramos is in custody, police say 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In 1767, it became the first paper in America to be published by a woman, Anne Catherine Green, who led opposition to the stamp tax in the years leading up to the American Revolution. Staffers resolve to put out paper despite fatal shooting 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Indeed Britain’s so-called stamp tax of 0.5% on securities issued by U.K. firms has been in effect since 1694, according to the Tax Policy Center, and hasn’t hurt London’s emergence as a major trading center. Democratic Candidates Take Aim at Wall Street 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z At issue is how the state uses billions of dollars collected by a real estate stamp tax. Enviros ask judge to order conservation funding in Florida 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z We’ll pay your tea and stamp taxes, whatever, just please, take us back! Midterm campaigns’ silver lining: Simpson-Bowles gets toxic! 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The stamp tax Ever fearful of the consequences of a free press, in 1712 the state introduced a stamp tax on newspapers and further duties on paper and advertising. Key moments that shaped the press 2012-11-17T01:51:59Z He was a strong advocate of prerogative and in 1756 advised the ministry to impose a stamp tax in America. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The rest represent a grab bag of miscellaneous policies, including a national exemption from certain stamp taxes and the provision of low-cost land to businesses in China’s Anhui province. U.S. Says Some Chinese Subsidies Violate Trade Rules 2011-10-06T17:04:37Z Would reducing stamp tax change the general appetite for institutional investment in residential, where traditionally, there hasn’t been any? Tax Cut on Multiple Home Purchases May Spark Investment in U.K. 2011-04-21T02:37:46Z One of the first bills introduced by them provided for the reduction of the stamp tax and the tax on the transfer of property and leases. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z To meet these expenditures there are a high tariff on imported merchandise, and excise and stamp taxes of a far-reaching and often vexatious character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" England has an income tax and many stamp taxes, a house tax, and collects some 20 per cent. of its revenue from direct taxation. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The first tax they laid is what is called a stamp tax. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read He returned to his farm at Botley in Hampshire, and continued in his old course, extending his influence by the publication of the Twopenny Trash, which, not being periodical, escaped the newspaper stamp tax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Burgess Patrick Henry presented his famous resolutions which fixed at the outset the tenor of colonial opposition to the stamp tax. The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 The Parliament levied a stamp tax, but could not enforce it. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly France has a tobacco monopoly, registration taxes, stamp taxes, tax on windows, and innumerable local taxes, one being the octroi, or tax on goods entering cities. The Greater Republic A History of the United States I fancy you know very well what that is, for we have had a stamp tax in this country more than once, when the government was in need of money. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read There may have been a time for disputes about the wisdom of resisting the stamp tax, but it was not just after Bunker Hill. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses On the day before the stamp tax was to go into effect, George Mercer, the collector, arrived in Williamsburg with the stamps. The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 The stamp tax brought their discontent to a head, and gave the party hostile to government an opportunity for stirring up opposition. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Italy goes still further with her tobacco monopoly, house tax, income tax, salt tax, octroi duties, stamp taxes, and heavy legacy and registration taxes. The Greater Republic A History of the United States There were two Government officials in Boston who were especially unpopular with the mob—Andrew Oliver, the newly appointed collector of the stamp taxes, and Chief Justice Hutchinson. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III The stamp tax on letters means that the old 3 cent postage rate is restored, and a city letter costs 2 cents. The Stamps of Canada Every commercial instrument was required to pay a stamp tax, but this did not attach to a bank bill. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In short, "everybody, who reasoned on the subject, decided for a stamp tax." Benjamin Franklin In addition to an income tax, and many stamp taxes, Austria derives a good deal of its public revenue from lotteries. The Greater Republic A History of the United States But still more striking was an Act of 1765, which provided with great elaboration for the collection of a stamp tax in the colonies upon all legal documents, newspapers, and pamphlets. The Wars Between England and America Opposes motion for repeal of advertisement duty, newspaper stamp tax, and paper duty on financial grounds. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 In the course of the long debate Mr. Vance, of North Carolina, who was the acknowledged wit of the Senate, moved to except playing cards from the general repeal of stamp taxes. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The Legislature of Connecticut protested at once against the stamp tax, and sent decided instructions to their agent in London to insist firmly upon their rights of taxation and trial by jury. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 As this was proposed by the King in lieu of the impost territorial, there is no doubt now that the latter, with the stamp tax, will be immediately repealed. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) But notwithstanding this plea, a form of direct tax on the American colonies, called the stamp tax, was brought forward in 1765. The Leading Facts of English History In fact, the Sons of Liberty carried their operations to such excesses that many mild opponents of the stamp tax were frightened and drew back in astonishment at the forces they had unloosed. History of the United States If Senators want to insist on a piece of what I call demagogism, by keeping a small stamp tax on playing cards, I am perfectly willing that they should do so. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. He obliged them to register the two edicts for the imp�t territorial and stamp tax. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 He obliged them to register the two edicts for the impot-territorial and stamp tax. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) Much has been written about the stamp tax and the tea tax as causes of the American revolution, but this determination to confine the colonies to the Atlantic seaboard 'rendered the revolution inevitable.' The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war They had been muttering ever since the passage of the first stamp tax, threatening, permitting themselves to be placated, hoping, despairing, hoping again. The Conqueror City taxes, county taxes, State taxes, United States taxes, license taxes, manufacturing taxes, stamp taxes,—taxes! taxes! taxes! The Abominations of Modern Society As this was proposed by the King in lieu of the imp�t territorial, there is no doubt now, that the latter, with the stamp tax, will be immediately repealed. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The straightforwardness of the first days of citizen sovereignty only expresses in a childishly frank manner what is today artfully obtained by bonding and stamp taxes. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Could a State lay a stamp tax on the process of the courts of the United States, and on custom-house papers? The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Is a stamp tax a good kind of tax? d. A Short History of the United States With the singular fatality that characterized Federalist party behavior throughout Adams's Administration, however, all the items proposed were abandoned except one for stamp taxes. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism The parliament refused to register the edict for a stamp tax, or any other tax, and call for the States General, who alone, they say, can impose a new tax. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Two of these, a stamp tax very similar to the famous one of 1765, and a direct tax, greatly excited the people. A School History of the United States After having sanctioned the establishment of provincial assemblies, a regulation of the corn trade, the abolition of corvées, and a new stamp tax, it broke up on the 25th of May, 1787. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 The stamp tax had been repealed, but their ill will had grown rather than abated. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence And why all this uproar about the stamp tax? The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 The grievances complained of were trial without jury, restrictions on trade, taxation without representation, and especially the stamp tax. A Brief History of the United States In August there were riots in Boston; the house of Oliver, appointed as collector of the stamp taxes, was attacked, and he next day resigned his office. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 "War, land tax and stamp tax," said he, "are sedatives which must calm its ardour." The United States of America, Part 1 The banks likewise cheated the Government out of large sums in their evasion of the stamp tax. Great Fortunes from Railroads Our fathers were not mollified by the suggestion that the tea and stamp taxes would be expended wholly for the benefit of the colonies. Practical Argumentation But this stamp tax was an "internal tax" for the purpose of raising revenue. A Brief History of the United States The Federal government, for example, might secure most of its revenue from import duties, excises, an income tax, and stamp taxes of various kinds. Problems in American Democracy Even more odious than either the stamp tax or the tax on slaves was that on "improvements" in property. The United States of America, Part 1 Playing cards paid a stamp tax of a shilling; dice paid ten shillings; and on a college diploma the tax amounted to £2. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. And in order to raise the money a stamp tax was to be introduced. This Country of Ours It also decided that the colonies should bear a part of the cost of their defense, and for this purpose a stamp tax was levied. A Brief History of the United States It soon appeared that Americans did have objections to a stamp tax. The Eve of the Revolution; a chronicle of the breach with England British statesmen were planning a system of more rigorous control of the colonies; and the advisability of a stamp tax was under consideration. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware Opposition to the stamp tax spread like wildfire and culminated in a congress at New York in October, 1765, comprising delegates from nine colonies. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. The money raised by the stamp tax was not to be taken to Great Britain, but was to be spent in the colonies in the purchase of food and supplies for the troops. A Brief History of the United States The words "Sons of Liberty" were at once seized on, and used in our country to designate the opponents of the stamp tax. A Brief History of the United States And for raising some part of the general maintenance fund ministers could think of no tax more equitable, or easier to be levied and collected, than a stamp tax. 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