6 sentences with 'levy'
Example sentences and phrases with the word levy and other words derived from it.
• « The very idea of the right of a government, in this case the king, to levy taxes applicable to the entire territory under its control dates from this period. »
• « From the 14th century onwards, the kingdoms of Europe began to levy taxes both on products, such as salt, which were necessary for everyone, and on people just because they happened to be there (a head tax or a household tax). »
• « The medieval idea was that the king should live on the income from his own property; it was the new monarchies of the Renaissance period that successfully promoted the idea that kings had the right to levy taxes across the board. »
• « Thus, the English state grew very rapidly, whereas it had been its small size and the intransigence of previous generations of MPs to levy taxes that had been behind the conflicts between king and parliament for most of the 17th century. »
• « By the 1780s, some members of Congress were very concerned about the financial health of the republic, and argued that the national government needed more power, especially the power to levy taxes. This required amending the Articles of Confederation with the consent of all the states. »
• « One of the main causes was the British practice of levy, whereby American sailors were captured at sea and forced to fight on British warships; this issue was left unresolved by Jay's Treaty in 1794. »