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The first colony that set up a tax-supported public schools in British north America was Aurora city schools.
yes, there were some church supported schools but not many.
Congregational Church
Because state supported churches usually tax the people, even if the people don't want to be part of the church and they usually persecute people that don't want to be part of the church.
In the colony of Virginia the Anglican (Episcopalian) religion was the official religion and was supported through taxation. However, there were other religions. Patrick Henry was a Presbyterian. Thomas Jefferson wrote that a number of Jews lived in Virginia. A number of Baptists also lived there. Daniel Boone was in the Virginia Legislature and was a Baptist. (His father had been kicked out of a Quaker Church in Pennsylvania!)
The first colony that set up a tax-supported public schools in British north America was Aurora city schools.
The first colony that set up a tax-supported public schools in British North America was Aurora city schools.
yes, there were some church supported schools but not many.
Congregational Church
In Germany the churches' main sources of income is the 'church tax'. This a percentage surcharge on income tax (currently 9%) and is levied by the government tax authorities. Payment is compulsory unless one opts out. Many smaller churches reject this dependence on the state and opt out of the church tax and instead simply ask their members for support. The 'church tax' is controversial in Germany.
Anglican Church, or Church of England, made official church of Georgia colony in 1758.
An internal tax is a tax that is put on goods that are within the colony or nation. External tax is a tax on goods that are being shipped either in or out of the colony or nation.
Because state supported churches usually tax the people, even if the people don't want to be part of the church and they usually persecute people that don't want to be part of the church.
Hampshire Colony Congregational Church was created in 1831.
A church has to Pay State Tax.
If one is a member of the church when the year begins, he/she will pay taxes for the church tax. People who are not members of a church tax-collecting denomination do not need to pay.
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