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12 incredible facts about the Boston Tea Party

2016
Examines the 12 most amazing facts about the Boston tea party. Provide information about the event’s critical moments, key players, and lasting effects.

Understanding taxes

2016
Have you ever wondered why you pay taxes on some things but not others? This book introduces readers to tax-paying. Real world examples help readers learn the importance of math skills for money management. Callouts prompt inquiry, further thinking, and close examination of photographs. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

State Government

2015
This book discusses how the U.S. is a Federalist government, meaning powers are split between states and the national government. The similarities and differences between the state and national government are discussed and how each play a role in making sure their states are run responsibly and in the best interest of the people within each state!.

Government in your city or town

2015
This book explains how it is the responsibility of your city or town government to keep you safe and maintain a clean place for you to live. Learn all about the duties of the government in your city or town, how they rely on police, firefighters, and other local government departments to accomplish all these tasks!.

The battles of Lexington and Concord

2014
The Battles of Lexington and Concord are often glossed over in history books as the beginning of the American Revolution in April 1777. However, how they fit in with the events before and after the war are well worth reading about.

The thief-catcher

a story about why people pay taxes
1972
After a series of thefts, the townspeople hire a thief-catcher.

Taxation

interpreting the Constitution
2015
An in-depth look at the United States Constitution and how it has been interpreted to apply to taxation. Focuses on legislation in the United States pertaining to taxation, how laws about taxation affect people's lives, and how this legal issue has evolved over time.

The Stamp Act of 1765

2010
Looks at the Stamp Act of 1765 as a turning point in U.S. history, explaining what the Stamp Act was, and discussing how the protest against taxation with representation became a rallying cry in the American colonies' quest for independence from England.

A world history of tax rebellions

an encyclopedia of tax rebels, revolts, and riots from antiquity to the present
2004
Provides a comprehensive history of rebellions, revolutions, and protests that have occurred throughout world history in opposition to taxes.

When in the course of human events

arguing the case for southern secession
2000
Examines primary documents from domestic and foreign observers to determine whether the American South was Constitutionally justified in seceding, and digs past conventional history to debunk myths about the Civil War's causes and nationwide attitudes toward blacks and slavery.

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