Question

According to the essay “Getting By and Getting Ahead,” why did Massachusetts raise taxes on citizens, and what rules about currency made it difficult for citizens to pay these taxes?
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Answer 1

English ships sailed back to their home ports with little more in their holds than gold, silver and ballast. Barred from the British West Indies trade, Americans struggled to develop new trading partners and products. Cargoes of English textiles, shoe buckles and dishes continued to arrive, but the stream of customers buying the goods still crowding the shelves of storekeepers like John Williams, slowed to a trickle. Determined to boost declining state revenues in order to service the heavy war debt, the Massachusetts legislature resolved to raise direct taxes. Optimism began giving way to alarm. The boom of 1783 was becoming a bust.

Answer 2

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