What is the main purpose of taxation? to promote economic equality among citizens to pay for government programs and operations to build up a reserve money supply and reduce debt to stimulate the economy and encourage spending

Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was: a) regulated under the guild system. b) performed by children working in factories. c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. d) conducted by british colonists overseas.

What message do all of the assigned readings most convey? o a. that the war was widely contested by americans o b. that the authors are tortured by memories of the war o c. that children should not be a part of war o d. that the authors value their experience as a part of personal growth bm

"but let us admit texas, and we shall place the balance of power in the hands of the texans themselves. they, with the southern states, will control the policy and the destiny of this nation; our tariff will then be held at the will of the texan advocates of free trade. are our friends of the north prepared to deliver over this great national policy to the people of texas? " - rep. joshua giddings, ohio, may 21, 1844 this quote points to what major issue in the years leading up to the civil war?