12) Tyler Insurrection. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...s insurrection. An insurrection headed by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, in consequence of a poll-tax of three groats to defray the expenses of a war with France. (1381.)...

13) 1765, April 18. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...The governor refunded the tax and the Danish government instigated an investigation. Poll tax removed (1772). 1 1769 First Norwegian census taken. The Norwegian population...

14) Tyler, Wat. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...English revolutionary who led the Peasants' Revolt against Richard II's poll tax in June 1381. The uprising ended when he was killed....

15) head money. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A reward paid for the capture and delivery of a fugitive; a bounty. 2. A poll tax....

16) 1855, June. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...immigration (33,000 had come to the goldfields since 1851). The new law provided for a poll tax of £10 on every Chinese immigrant. In 1859 a residence tax of £4 per...

17) Thatcher, Margaret Hilda. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a poll tax....

18) 1715. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...returned in 1718 and died in prison as a result of torture. 1 1718 Introduction of the poll tax. A census was taken to determine this tax (1718-22). 2 1719 Administrative...

19) 60013. Thoreau, Henry David. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...author, naturalist. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (1849). Thoreau by his account paid no poll tax for six years, for which he spent a night in jail in the summer...

20) 1855-59. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...taxes, Muhammad Bey instituted the collection of a single subsidy called the majba, a poll tax that accounted for almost half of the government's revenue by the end...