Which of the Following Statements About the Income Tax Is

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the income tax is most accurate?

• A) The British government began collecting income taxes in the 1760s in order to pay for the costs of protecting the colonies.
• B) The income tax was the single most important source of revenue for the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
• C) Colonial opposition to the income tax led to the Boston Tea Party.
• D) Although the income tax is currently one of the most important sources of government revenue, it had not yet developed during British rule over the colonies in the eighteenth century.

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