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the navigations act of 1651
Tariff best describes a tax paid on imported goods.
tariff
A tariff is a tax on imported goods that colonists paid for purchases from other countries.
canada spends about 342 billion a year on imports.
Duty in this sense means the tax that should be paid when goods are brought into a country. Smuggling means sneaking things in without paying the duty.
A tariff is a tax paid on goods brought into a colony or country; tariffs protect internal production by raising the price of imported goods.
Tariffs must be paid when goods are imported into a country. The payment is typically required at the time of customs clearance, before the goods can be released for distribution. The amount of the tariff is determined based on the value of the goods and the applicable tariff rate set by the government. Failure to pay the tariff can result in penalties, delays, or confiscation of the goods.
Governments are paid for with funds received from income taxes paid by individuals and businesses, by sales taxes imposed upon purchases, by tariffs imposed on goods imported into the country and in the case of conquered lands, by tribute payments.
The colonists were forced to pay tariffs on many of their goods which were imported from other countries. This drove up the price of the items and hurt the colonies financially.
He passed a set of laws that - in 1767 - became known as the Townshend Acts. In these acts, the British leaders tried to avoid some of the problems that the Stamp Act caused. The new taxes applied only to imported goods, with the tax being paid at the port of entry. However, the goods taxed included basic items that the colonists had to import because they did not produce them.