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No one would be absolutely certain...all known societies had them for certain...but the first probably pre-dates even those that were actually well organized.
So back whenever, its fair to say the biggest memeber of the clan, or the one with the biggest club, came and took what he wanted from the animal you killed or the crop you gathered. Later on, the Kings men would show up and say something like "...the king will have 2 chickens, a pig and a bushel of that grain to feed himself and his troops...and we will take a pouch of your finest grog for having to collect it..." and you were happy they didn't also proclaim they wanted your first born son.
Some would argue, we haven't progressed far from there.
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Why were the merchants on the roundhead side in the English Civil War?
maybe because of the unfair taxes King Charles imposed on them?
What caused the demise of the landed gentry in England?
I always thought it was the following , First World War, and all the taxes that went with it, and the Second World War with all the taxes on it. I have heard that VAT taxes in the UK were up to 90% at the time.
List those countries involved in world war 1?
name the treaty of peace which was imposed on germany
What did the harsh conditions imposed by the treaty of Versailles after World War 1 help initiate?
The rise of fascism in Germany.
What was one of the reason why the puritans came to the new world?
because of a English king, pitting taxes and pressure on them.
