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60 matches to Income Tax
Caillaux, Joseph. 1863-1944. French pacifist politician. Early supporter of Income Tax.
Income Tax. Britain: 1193 Walter to ransom Richard I. 1799-1815 To finance war vs Napoleon. 10% over £200; 1842 Peel 3%. US: 1862-72 3% over $800 (5% if outside US); 1913 over $3000 only.
Peel, Robert. 1788-1850. English Prime Minister 1834~46. London police force 1829. Income Tax 1842. Founded Conservative Party. Bank Charter Act. Repealed Corn Laws 1846.
Walter, Hubert. -1205. English Archbishop of Canterbury. Ransomed Richard I, 1193. First Income Tax. Governed during king’s absences.
Annates. Proportion of first year’s income paid to Pope by office holders.
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.
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.
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.