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.

Jacquerie Revolt. 1358. French peasants revolt vs tax increases to support Hundred Years War. Marcel.

Jagirdar System. 13C-. Indian feudal system granting tax revenues to officials.

Judas of Galilee. Jewish zealot. Led revolt vs Rome over tax census.

Lincolnshire Insurection. 1536. Against taxes, Dissolution of Monasteries.

Majorian. -461. W Roman Emperor 457-. Tax reform. Murdered.

Metaxas, Ioannis. 1871-1941. Greek dictator 1936-. Repelled Italian invasion 1940.

Mir. 17C-1906. Russian system of communal landholding and taxation. Serfdom abolished 1861.

Nabataeans. -105. Arab people who taxed Syria/Arabia trade route.

Olivares, Conde de. 1587-1645. Spanish Prime Minister 1625-43. Policies of warfare, tax caused revolt.

Omar. 581-644. Second Moslem caliph. Invaded Syria, Egypt, Persia. Established taxation.

Parker, Dorothy. 1893-1967. US witty urban writer. A Star is Born. Death and Taxes 1931.

Parliament Act. 1911. House of Lords loses veto after opposing tax on wealthy. Commons term 5 yrs.

Peasants’ Revolt. 1381. Led by Wat Tyler vs poll tax. Tyler killed by London mayor in king’s presence. Richard II makes concessions but doesn’t follow through.

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 Repealed Corn Laws 1846.

Philip IV. The Fair. 1268-1314. French Capetian king 1285-. Taxed Roman Catholic Church. Ended Templars.

Pilgrimage of Grace. 1536. Catholic uprising in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire against dissolution of monasteries, taxation and inflation.

Poujadism. 1954-8. French extreme right-wing political movement founded by Poujade. Gained tax concessions.

Reagan, Ronald. 1911-2004. US actor, Republican President 1981-9. Tax reform. Strong economy. Aid to Nicaragua Contras. Irangate scandal. Fall of Soviet Empire.

Regulator Movement. 1764-71. American colonists in NC vs tax, corruption.

Ricardo, David. 1772-1823. British economist. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation 1817.

Rights, Bill of. 1689. Established power of British Parliament over taxes, laws, army. Protestant Succession. William and Mary.

Sauvage, Nicolas. French. Invented cabriolet taxi 1660.

Shays, Daniel. c1747-1825. Led Massachussets farmers in rebellion 1786-7 for lower taxes. Defeated.

Shimabara Rebellion. 1637-8. Japanese Catholics vs taxes.

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