Robert Walpole Orford, 1st1731
Taxation is shifted toward commodities
Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Taxation is shifted toward commodities
Reduces the duty on tea in an attempt to reduce smuggling
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