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the mid th century under the puritan regime. in the british isles , upon the restoration of the monarchy , many of the puritan social restrictions were overturned, but excise was re-introduced, under the tenures abolition act , in lieu of rent, for tenancies of royally-owned land which had not already
many countries today. in th-century england , and for a brief time in british north america , gambling itself was for a time also subject to taxation, in the form of stamp duty , whereby a revenue stamp had to be placed on the ace of spades in every pack of cards to demonstrate that the duty had been...
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