. Government and politics in Virginia . void paying taxes. Explain why it is WTong to look upon taxes as op-pression. 5. What part did the question of taxation play in the causes of ourRevolutionary War? What principle of taxation was in consequenceestablished in America? 6. In what ways that you can think of does the owner of property getspecial benefits by paying the large taxes that are assessed upon him? 7. What is the difference between real estate and personal property?Do you own any real estate? Any personal property? Explain why it iseasier to collect taxes on the one than it is on the
. Government and politics in Virginia . void paying taxes. Explain why it is WTong to look upon taxes as op-pression. 5. What part did the question of taxation play in the causes of ourRevolutionary War? What principle of taxation was in consequenceestablished in America? 6. In what ways that you can think of does the owner of property getspecial benefits by paying the large taxes that are assessed upon him? 7. What is the difference between real estate and personal property?Do you own any real estate? Any personal property? Explain why it iseasier to collect taxes on the one than it is on the other. 8. What is meant by assessing property for taxation? Try to find outwhether property in your community is said to be assessed high or does this mean? 9. What property that you can think of in your community is freefrom taxation? Why is it not taxed? Is your school building taxed?Why? 10. Mention all the kinds of taxation that we have in Virginia, and ex-plain what is meant by each. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICSIN THE NATION. o Q o HO z a < u H< MX H bO O H a. < e THIRD PART POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE NATIONAL GOV-ERNMENT CHAPTER XVHIFOREIGN AFFAIRS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE THE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL spite of all the many things that are undertaken by ourstate and our local governments in Virginia, as in other statesof the Union, there are certain very important powers thatare exercised and services that are rendered by the govern-ment of the nation, which has its seat in Washington. Afterour independence was won, there were many reasons whichprompted the people of the new states to unite and establisha national government. The people of the several states hadnumerous interests in common. It was manifest, therefore,that many of their affairs could best be managed by a govern-ment that represented the people of all the states. In a later chapter we shall see how the Union of the statescame to be established, and how our national constitutionwas frame
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