: 145–51 Amicable Grant revolt in England, 1525
They were joined by other towns, which eventually formed the Revolt of the Comuneros. In Spain, the people of Salamanca in 1520 refused to pay any taxes because of their belief that Charles I was sending the tax money to the Netherlands. Bruges lost its administrative functions to the city of Ghent.ġ6th century Revolt of the Comuneros, 1520 He then reneged on the agreement and took his armies back to Bruges in revenge. They negotiated better terms and then released him. The guilds of Bruges (supported by the other Flemish cities) held later emperor Maximilian captive when he heavily disturbed the economy by raising taxes and seigniorage in order to wage war. See also: Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria The government responded harshly, with punishments including torture and crucifixion, though Queen Fredegund later was said to have repented and rescinded the tax. In 578 AD residents of Limoges, encouraged by the local clergy, rioted, destroying tax-collecting paraphernalia and threatening the assessor. After the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD, Jews, particularly those exiled to Egypt, refused to pay the still-extant " temple tax" to Rome (which it was using to maintain pagan temples) Rome responded by destroying Jewish temples. : 1–7 Jesus was accused of promoting tax resistance prior to his torture and execution ("We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King" - Luke 23:2). In the 1st century AD, Jewish Zealots in Judaea resisted the poll tax instituted by the Roman Empire. This includes actions in which a person or people refused to pay a tax of some sort, either through passive resistance or by actively obstructing the tax collector or collecting authorities, and actions in which people boycotted some taxed good or activity or engaged in a strike to reduce or eliminate the tax due.Įxamples Before 1500 A.D. This page is a partial list of global tax revolts and tax resistance actions that have come to the attention of Wikipedia's editors. Examples of historic events that originated as tax revolts include the Magna Carta, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution. Many rebellions and revolutions have been prompted by resentment of taxation or had tax refusal as a component. : vi–viii It has been suggested that tax resistance played a significant role in the collapse of several empires, including the Egyptian, Roman, Spanish, and Aztec. Tax resistance, the practice of refusing to pay taxes that are considered unjust, has probably existed ever since rulers began imposing taxes on their subjects. Egyptian peasants seized for non-payment of taxes during the Old Kingdom.
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