Final answer:
The passage of Amendment XVI in 1913 granted Congress the power to tax individual citizens, refuting the claim that they had no such power before.
Explanation:
False
Congress did not have the power to tax individual citizens until the passage of Amendment XVI in 1913. This amendment granted Congress the authority to lay and collect taxes on incomes without apportionment among the states.
The Sixteenth Amendment was a significant change that introduced federal income taxation and shifted the primary revenue generation method of the national government from tariffs to income taxes.
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