He believed that President Polk had intentionally provoked the conflict before gaining the congressional approval; he didn't support the war, so he protested by not paying his taxes.
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They will refuse to pay taxes to the church, nothing will be taken without blood shed. In other words they'll revolve.
Peasants were taxed the heaviest during the French Revolution. Peasants had to pay land taxes, taxes to the church, and taxes on family members.
They usually did not. They were however obliged to come out and fight for the king whenever he asked. They then had to bring along, and provide with arms a proscibed number of soldiers from their estates and for the duration of that war feed and pay them.
Taxes had to be paid by the members of the third estate, meaning the bourgeoisie (who were very poor). The nobels and the representatives of the church (who were both very rich) did not have to pay taxes, eventhough they were the richest.
The bourgeoisie was different than the rest of the third estae