Examples of barn raisings in the following topics:
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- They often sponsored activities that combined work, food, and entertainment such as barn raisings, corn huskings, quilting bees, Grange meetings, and church and school functions.
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- Two additional hours were spent cleaning the barn and chicken coop, milking the cows, caring for the chickens, and tending the family garden.
- People living in rural areas created rich social lives for themselves, often sponsoring activities that combined work, food, and entertainment, such as barn raising, corn husking, quilting bees, Grange meetings, church activities, and school functions.
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- The colonies disputed the legality of this act since it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689, which forbade taxation without representation and the raising and/or keeping of a standing army without the consent of Parliament.
- The new Quartering Act similarly allowed a governor to house soldiers in other buildings, such as barns, inns, among other unoccupied structures, if suitable quarters were not provided.
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- Shaker communities aimed for self-sufficiency, raising food and making all that was necessary, including furniture that emphasized excellent workmanship as a substitute for worldly pleasure.
- Lane purchased what was known as the Wyman farm and its 90 acres, which also included a dilapidated house and barn.
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- The stations were out of the way places such as barns and were held
by “station masters” who would provide assistance such as sending messages to
other stations and directing fugitives on the path to take to their next stop.
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- The Grand Ole Opry music program, highlighting the
biggest stars of that genre, became extremely popular following its launch on
November 28, 1925, as a one-hour, radio “barn dance” in Nashville, Tennessee.
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- The Sugar and Stamp Acts of 1764 and 1765, intended to raise revenue in Great Britain, led to increased resistance from the colonies.
- The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764.
- Raising taxes in Britain was not an option due to virulent protests in England, and the Grenville ministry decided Parliament would raise this revenue instead by taxing the American colonists.
- This was something new, as Parliament had previously passed measures to regulate trade in the colonies but had never before directly taxed the colonies to raise revenue.
- The colonies sent no representatives to British Parliament, and therefore had no influence over what taxes were raised, how they were levied, or how they would be spent.
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- Conservative Republicans point to Bush's 1990 agreement to raise taxes in contradiction of his famous "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge as reason for his defeat.
- In raising taxes, Bush alienated many members of his conservative base, losing their support for his re-election.
- Bush had raised taxes in an attempt to address an increasing budget deficit, which has largely been attributed to the Reagan tax cuts and military spending of the 1980s.
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- This Act raised taxes on the wealthiest 1.2% of taxpayers while cutting taxes on 15 million low-income families.
- Overall, the top marginal tax rate was raised from 31% to 40% under the Clinton administration.
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- The colonies sent no representatives to British Parliament, and therefore had no influence over what taxes were raised, how they were levied, or how they would be spent.
- Raising taxes in Britain was out of the question, since there had been virulent protests in England against the Bute ministry's 1763 cider tax, with Bute being hanged in effigy.
- The Grenville ministry therefore decided that Parliament would raise this revenue by taxing the American colonists without their consent.
- This was something new as Parliament had previously passed measures to regulate trade in the colonies, but it had never before directly taxed the colonies to raise revenue.