Assertion: income tax | /r/HasProperty | introduced in britain
Facets:
value: to pay for weapons
type: PURPOSE
value: by prime minister william pitt
type: OTHER
value: to pay for equipment
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The first modern income tax was introduced in Britain by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger in his budget of December 1798, to pay for weapons and equipment for the French Revolutionary War.