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The immediate or short term causes of the American Revolutionary War began with the 1763 Proclamation Line and ended with the punitive Coercive Acts under Lord North.

The only Political Scientist and Historian to ever hold the presidency, Woodrow Wilson had many ideas about the types of legislation he wanted to enact once in office.

Revenue Act of 1764 (Molasses Act): George Grenville created a law that nullified "no taxation without representation" which British Constitution opposed - William Pitt

After the sudden death of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge became the unlikely 30th President of the United States, attempting to bring a nation back together.

The 1764 Sugar Act was more than a revenue producing measure in that its various provisions attempted to reorganize colonial commercial and trade practices.

Taxes that were used to raise money for the Wars were later repealed and would later be replaced by the income tax.

When the Federal Government found revenue lacking in the early 20th century, it once against turned to an income tax to make up for the shortfall.

While most Americans eagerly anticipated a return to "Normalcy" after WWI, the economic prosperity of the 1920s was a mirage that camouflaged the coming economic crisis t

King George's arbitrary American line encouraged revolution for many who fought hard in the French and Indian war to secure a 500,000 acre land grant from King George II.

Recession and depression descriptions often depends upon how each is being defined. A recession can turn into a depression if government makes the wrong decisions.

The Kings Advocate-General in Massachusetts resigns political post to defend British Liberty, firing the first verbal shot heard round the world of the Revolutionary War!

The Publication of Thomas Paine's Common Sense may have been the pivotal event that galvanized colonial Englishmen into opposing the Crown and demanding independence.

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