HTST 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Excise, Representative Democracy, English Poor Laws
7 Apr 2015
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House of commons gentry: elected representatives of the people (who paid taxes, what did france have that was kind of like this, estates general. Keep the govt: accepted by representative of the people in the hoc, sense that the people not the crown responsible. Modern forms of taxation: excise tax, graduated income tax, tax on luxury goods, people who are able to pay, do pay. Ppl who make the most pay the most: coted in commons by representative of the ppl who had to. Nunu: revenue officers hired by the crown who go out and collect taxes, beurucratic improvements make sure taxes fathered and paid. Social welfare for the poor: poor laws, commission of the poor. These commissions jobs were to look after the poor and make sure they didn"t starve themselves: relief rather than taxation, elizabethan poor laws 1601.
