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The first excise tax in the United States was enacted in 1790, and the tax was imposed on all domestic distilled spirits. Citizens' anger about the tax was widespread and resulted in the Whiskey Rebellion. President Thomas Jefferson repealed the tax. During the Civil War, excise taxes on tobacco and liquor were enacted and have increased ever since.



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The earliest known written legal code, although called Ur-Nammu's Code, it is generally agreed that it was written by his son Shugli around 2050BC.


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