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  2. Tanning Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - Wikipedia

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    The Tanning Tax Repeal Act had two main actions in the House: [2] 6/9/2015: Introduced in the House; 6/9/2015: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means; Although the bill was never acted upon in the Ways and Means Committee, the bill's language was incorporated into a larger piece of legislation, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 (H.R. 3762).

  3. Repeal of Prohibition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1919, the requisite number of state legislatures ratified the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enabling national prohibition one year later. Many women, notably members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, were pivotal in bringing about national Prohibition in the United States, believing it would protect families, women, and children from the effects of alcohol ...

  4. Brick tax - Wikipedia

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    Wilkes' Gobs oversize bricks in the wall of former Ashby Canal warehouse alongside modern bricks of bridge parapet, High Street, Measham. The brick tax was a property tax introduced in Great Britain in 1784, during the reign of King George III, to help pay for the wars in the American Colonies.

  5. Poll taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Georgia abolished its poll tax in 1945. [17] Florida repealed its poll tax in 1937. [18]: 346 The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, abolished the use of the poll tax (or any other tax) as a pre-condition for voting in federal elections, [19] but made no mention of poll taxes in state elections. In the 1966 case of Harper v.

  6. Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. The Twenty-first Amendment was proposed by the 72nd Congress on February 20, 1933, and was ratified by the requisite number of states on December ...

  7. Women's poll tax repeal movement - Wikipedia

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    Recognizing that payment of the tax as a prerequisite to voting could lead to their disenfranchisement, women began organizing themselves in the 1920s to repeal the poll tax laws, but the movement did not gain much traction until the Great Depression in the 1930s. Both black and white women pressed at state and national levels for legislative ...

  8. Townshend Acts - Wikipedia

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    Long title: An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation, from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts of the produce of the said colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthen ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the ...

  9. Tea Act - Wikipedia

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    The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 repealed the tea tax and others that had been imposed on the colonies, but it proved insufficient to end the war. The Tea Act became a "dead letter" as far as the Thirteen Colonies were concerned, and was formally removed from the books in 1861.