JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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high taxes
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they had to provide the king with armies/equipment
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They were punished severely if they didn’t follow the King’s rules
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Detailed explanation-1: -John needed an army so he raised taxes to pay for one. He charged the Barons who had refused to fight for him huge amounts of tax. They were angry about this.
Detailed explanation-2: -King John vs. While King John carried on his dispute with the Pope, powerful English landowners called barons conspired against him. Fuming over John’s heavy taxes and other abuses of power, the barons plotted rebellion.
Detailed explanation-3: -He also taxed his barons heavily and ignored their traditional rights, arresting opponents at will. In addition, John quarreled with the Catholic Church and collected large amounts of money from its properties. What did King John do that so infuriated (angered) the noble barons of England? Latin.
Detailed explanation-4: -He lost almost all the land that his father had gained in France! John raised taxes in England to pay for the wars. This upset his BARONS! He ordered them to pay far more tax than earlier kings had done!