Section 2 Early Territorial Revenue Acts

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The first tax levied under the authority of the United States in the territory later to become Missouri was enacted by the Louisiana District Government of the Louisiana Territory on October 1, 1804. That government consisted of the Indiana Territorial Governor, General William Henry Harrison, and three Louisiana territorial judges. The federal Revenue Act of 1804 established an eclectic system of taxation. Taxation of real and personal property based on assessed valuation, a head tax based on social...