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This is the Conversation Forum for The Causes of the English Civil War << Changes Subject: 100 percent tax Posted Oct 14, 2001 by Sea Change   Posting 1 I am not understanding part of this. If you are an Englishman, and a Scotsman rebels and marches over your land, does he then take this land or does it remain yours? Does he take all the goods from your land to aid his rebellion, or is he full of nicety? If he is Protestant, like you, does this rapine please you better? Was the King's 'ship tax' sufficiently high to seem like an equal theft? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 100 percent tax Posted Oct 14, 2001 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 "Was the King's 'ship tax' sufficiently high to seem like an equal theft?" Nobody likes being taxed, people are taxed with there own consent (with tax being set by officials they have elected). The people objected to the imposition of ship tax when Charles expanded its scope without the consent of elected officials i.e. without the consent of the taxed. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 100 percent tax Posted Oct 21, 2001 by Sea Change This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 If a rebel takes your land, did you consent to this tax? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 100 percent tax Posted Oct 21, 2001 by HappyÐude® ... "short skirt long jacket" (have you seen my coxcomb?)...a ℘eripatetical entity This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 there is an argument that such a thing would be theft not tax Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: 100 percent tax Posted Nov 3, 2001 by Sea Change This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Did the King's government promise to protect its subjects from theft? Did they not ask for help? Was the king unable to provide it? Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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