<P> In 1877 and again in 1885, the Left party in Denmark urged people to refuse to pay taxes levied by the Rightist government . </P> <P> When the government of Rio increased the tramway tax and have this increase apply to every passenger, Jose Lopes da Silva Trovao and other protest organizers called on people to refuse to pay the tax . </P> <P> The First Boer War broke out when the British occupation government seized a wagon from Piet Bezuidenhoudt who had refused to pay a tax . When the government attempted to auction off the wagon to raise the tax money, supporters of Bezuidenhoudt seized it, and met government representatives who came after them with armed force . </P> <P> Paisley instituted a tax to raise funds to repair the manse (minister's house) of Paisley Abbey . People who were not members of that church (the official Church of Scotland) did not feel they should have to pay for this, and in December 1880 they organized a tax resistance campaign . Some 200 people refused to pay the tax . The authorities took legal action against a few, but then quickly dropped the charges . </P>

Who had to pay taxes to the king