Taxation and Standing armies
Cristina Gonzalez

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these were the trading routes in the 15th century, with the uprising of stronger societies, new goods were also brought along with that because of trading along the Indian ocean. New goods leads to more trading and with all the the trading came new taxes on the citizens.

standing armies

taxation

  • standing armies are armies that are available at all time, they dedicate their lives to fighting and protecting the people


  • maintaining a standing army reflected as meaning that they are having a good leader and were well organized

  • the armies were often made up of mercenary forces

  • the standing armies were equipped with gunpowder weapons, which were high quality weapons at the time

  • standing armies were supported by state funds

  • Powerful monarchies were coming into play by the late 15th century

  • The development of fresh sources of goods lead to new types of finance

  • new types of finance such as new taxes
 
  • these new taxes were directly charged on the citizens and subjects

  • the taxes added to the income the rulers received

 the compass  below with different currencies on it symbolizes that no matter where you go, there will be money needed, and sometimes that money is used to pay taxes!

college board theme

State building, Expansion, and Conflict is the best college board theme for this topic because the standing armies and taxes were both controlled by the ruler, which falls under empire. Also, the army reflects on how the nation is viewed by others and how well there structure is.

Comparison

i compared this to Greece because both had strong authorities and economic centers. a diffrence though is that in the Greece's polis, or city states, charged taxes on the land near the shores while, in these English city states, they charged taxes on individuals.