1) Old Southern custom 2) Voting deterrent
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[United States] In U.S. practice, a poll tax was used as a de facto or implicit pre-condition of the exercise of the ability to vote. This tax emerged in some states of the United States in the late 19th century as part of the Jim Crow laws. After the ability to vote was extended to all races by the enactment of the Fifteenth Amendment, man...
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tax of a uniform amount levied on each individual, or `head.`[5 related articles]
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Tax levied on every individual, without reference to income or property. Being simple to administer, it was among the earliest sorts of tax (introduced in England in 1379), but because of its...
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The English poll taxes of 1377, 1379 and 1381 taxed householders, wives, dependants and servants individually. The tax records therefore provide information about people who are rarely, if ever, mentioned in other documents - frequently including details of occupations and relationships.
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Capitation tax: A tax levied on each adult. Very unpopular when introduced during the reign of King Richard II. Led to the 'Peasants' Revolt' of 1381. During the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher's UK government tried to introduce the 'Community Charge' — quickly dubbed the 'Poll Tax' — to replace the 'Rates.' (A tax based on the value of the ...
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A poll tax is a tax of so much per head. It was first levied in ancient Athens. In Britain, a poll tax levied by Richard II in 1381 gave rise to the insurrection of Wat Tyler. Charles II raised a similar tax in 1678 which was abolished by William III in 1689. During the 1990s the Thatcher government raised another poll tax, and this was once again ...
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[
n] - a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
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noun a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
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Tax levied on every individual, without reference to income or property. Being simple to administer, it was among the earliest sorts of tax (introduced in England in 1379), but because of its indiscriminate nature (it is a regressive tax, in that it falls proportionately more heavily on poorer people) it has often proved unpopular
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