American colonists were outraged over the tea tax, which had existed since the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act and did not get repealed like the other taxes in 1770, and believed the Tea Act was a tactic to gain colonial support for the tax already enforced.
Arranging Time Off Work. About 60 percent of new fathers are able to take time off work after their baby's birth, and of those, 75 percent take off 1-4 weeks. Since most time off is unpaid (unless there is vacation time owed), it can take some serious planning to figure out how to be there for your new family and get the bills paid at the same time.
Today, dads are entitled to just two weeks' leave but the Lib Dems will pledge they would give a further four weeks of protected paternity leave. We'll up paternity leave for new dads from 2 to 6 weeks; Welcome for new manifesto pledge from the Lib Dems. Some of companies that offer paternity leave include Facebook and Yahoo, which offer fathers four months and eight weeks of paid leave, respectively.