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if you are looking for something from way back, there was the tea act and it put taxes on tea and the colonists from Boston boarded british ships and dumped the tea into the ocean, otherwise known as the Boston tea party.

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Q: What tax did congress enact to raise money and how did people respond?
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Give three examples of laws that congress can enact under the Constitution and three examples of laws that Congress cannot enact?

Congress can borrow money on the credit of the U.S., they can make laws, and they have the power of calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union. They cannot create a notional public school system, require people to vote or attend church, or abolish jury trials.


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Congress did not have any money and it did not have the power to raise money.


How were the people picked that are on the money?

they were all presidents that did important things and i think people on the congress voted or they payed people to put them on the money wich ever way was easier at the time


How did congress respond to Roosevelt's declaration of war on Japan?

Overwhelming supported it. The Senate voted unanimously while only Montana Representative Jeanette Rankin voted against it in the House.


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