tax rebellion
Anti-levy insurrection
Tax rebellion is organized resistance to taxation, ranging from refusal to pay to armed uprising.
The term covers historical revolts like the Whiskey Rebellion and modern protest movements.
Tax rebellion differs from individual tax evasion in its collective, often ideological nature: The proposed levy sparked talk of tax rebellion among farmers.
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- tax revoltRefusal to pay duties
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- tax protestOpposition to government levies
defiance · resistance · civil disobedience · Boston Tea Party · tea party · insurrection · refusal · evasion · colonists · pitchforks · tar and feather · tariffs · tyranny · dissent · smuggling · liberty · grievance · mutiny
- Revoltsrevolt, uprising, Haitian Revolution, Indian Mutiny, Mau Mau Uprising
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund