During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress had no direct taxing power. Money for the war had to collected from the governments of the 13 individual colonies.
Congress did not want to tax people
Congress did not want to tax people - apex
Congress did not want to tax people - apex
there was tax before the war i learned it in school
The first war the US took part in that was partially financed with lottery dollars was the Revolutionary War. Money was raised by the Continental Congress because it did not have a means by which to tax the American people.
Organize colonies for war
the continental congress
Alexander Hamilton was the cabinet member who convinced congress to pay revolutionary war debts in full.
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manage the revolutionary war
No, our current Congress was seated in 1789, 13 years after our Declaration of Independence and years after the Revolutionary War.
The Second Continental Congress occured immediatly after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Congress met to discuss the war against Great Britain.