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A girl goes inside a store to buy a dress that
costs $50.00. Once there she finds that it
actually costs $53.00.
Why is this?
What is the %?
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1- Must be Economical (Don’t spend too much
to collect it)
2- Provide a good reason
3- Treat taxpayers fairly
4- Must give exact amounts and dates due
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The benefits of the tax should to the people
who pay for the tax.
If the taxation does not represent us, then it is a
bad tax
Remember No Taxation without
Representation!!
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What Taxation Without Representation
Means
It means a government does not have the right
to tax a group of people without them being
represented in the government.
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Sugar Act. Parliament, desiring revenue from
its North American colonies, passed the first
law specifically aimed at raising colonial
money for the Crown. The act increased duties
on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
Currency Act. This act prohibited American
colonies from issuing their own currency,
angering many American colonists.
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Quartering Act. The British further angered
American colonists with the Quartering Act, which
required the colonies to provide barracks and
supplies to British troops.
Stamp Act. Parliament's first direct tax on the
American colonies, this act, like those passed in
1764, was enacted to raise money for Britain. It
taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets,
broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing
cards. Issued by Britain, the stamps were affixed to
documents or packages to show that the tax had
been paid.
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Remember that people can see things different
than their neighbor.