Excise Crisis of 1733

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parliamentary crisis political crisis taxation controversy

The Excise Crisis of 1733 was a major political controversy in Britain over Prime Minister Robert Walpole’s proposed excise tax reforms, which provoked intense public opposition and parliamentary conflict.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary crisis ⓘ political crisis ⓘ taxation controversy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	government attempt to improve revenue collection ⓘ government attempt to reduce smuggling ⓘ proposal to convert customs duties on certain goods into excise ⓘ proposal to extend excise taxes ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	South Sea Bubble NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
describedIn	18th-century British political pamphlets ⓘ parliamentary debates of 1733 ⓘ
hasEffect	association of excise with arbitrary power ⓘ development of popular constitutional rhetoric ⓘ expansion of the political role of the press ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	Walpole ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ early Georgian Britain ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Bolingbroke NERFINISHED ⓘ King George II NERFINISHED ⓘ Opposition press ⓘ Robert Walpole NERFINISHED ⓘ William Pulteney NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainSubject	excise tax reform ⓘ fiscal policy ⓘ parliamentary politics ⓘ
hasPart	attacks on excise officers ⓘ debates over excise on tobacco ⓘ debates over excise on wine ⓘ mass petitioning campaigns ⓘ pamphlet wars ⓘ street demonstrations ⓘ
involves	British public opinion ⓘ House of Commons of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Lords of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Tories NERFINISHED ⓘ merchants ⓘ opposition Whigs NERFINISHED ⓘ traders ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
opposedBy	Tory politicians ⓘ merchants and traders ⓘ opposition Whig politicians ⓘ sections of the London populace ⓘ
outcome	growth of extra-parliamentary political mobilization ⓘ increased public distrust of excise taxes ⓘ political weakening of Robert Walpole ⓘ strengthening of parliamentary opposition ⓘ withdrawal of the excise bill ⓘ
startTime	1733 ⓘ
supportedBy	King George II NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Walpole NERFINISHED ⓘ court Whigs NERFINISHED ⓘ

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