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61 matches to Hearth Tax
Hearth Tax. 1663-89. English tax on chimneys and hearths.
Hestia. Greek goddess of the hearth.
Taxation. On Income 1193. On Cooking Oil: 1000BC Egypt. Foreigners: 400BC Greece. Imports 1CBC Rome. Property: 453BC Greece, 1642 England. Sales: 49BC Rome. 1973 UK VAT. Inheritance: 23BC Rome. Salt: 1286-1790 France. Hair Powder: 1795-1869 Hearths: 1663-89. Cards: 1615. Whiskey. Eisphora. Boadicea. Godiva. Danegeld. Domesday Book. Tithes.
Vestal Virgins. Chaste Roman guardians of Temple to Vesta, goddess of the hearth.
Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.
Anarchism. 19C Philosophy: “Every man should be his own government, his own law, his own church”-Owen. Thoreau’s return to nature, passive resistance, and no taxes influenced Ghandi. Proudhon. Tolstoy. Godwin.
Artaxerxes. I-III. 5-4C BC. Achaemenid kings.
Boadicea. -60. British Iceni Queen. Led rebellion vs Romans over taxes, 60.
Boston Tea Party. 1773. Colonials dump tea cargo to protest tax. Led to Intolerable Acts.
Caillaux, Joseph. 1863-1944. French pacifist politician. Early supporter of Income Tax.
Cards. 7-10C China. 1299 Italy. 1615 English tax.
Clinton, William J. 1946- US president 1993-2001. Impeached, acquitted over Lewinsky affair. Signed NAFTA. Raised taxes.
Cunaxa, Battle. 401BC. Failed revolt vs Artaxerxes II. Retreat of the Ten Thousand.
Cyrus the Younger. -401BC. Conspired vs Artaxerxes. Killed at Cunaxa.
Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.
Demetrius II. Syrian King 145~125BC. Freed Jews from Syrian taxes.
Domesday Book. 1086. Census and survey of England. Ordered by William I as basis for taxation.
Dozsa Rebellion. 1514. Unsuccessful revolt of 100,000 Hungarian peasants vs taxes and oppression.
Farmers-General. 17C French financiers who bought right to collect taxes for a fixed fee.
Fries’s Rebellion. 1799. Pennsylvanian German-Americans rebel vs property tax. Pardoned by Adams.
Gabelle. 1286-1790. French salt tax.
Godiva, Lady. c1040-80. Rode naked through Coventry to protest taxes. Wife of Earl Leofric.
Great Fear. 1789. Peasants refuse to pay taxes, prepare for aristocrats’ attack in rural France.
Hair Powder Tax. 1795-1869. Britain.
Hand, Learned. 1872-1961. US jurist. Alcoa Antitrust case. Monopoly unlawful. No duty not to minimize one’s taxes 1947.