The malt tax riots were a wave of protest against the extension of the English malt tax to Scotland. The riots began in Hamilton on 23 June 1725 and soon...

A malt tax is a tax upon the making or sale of malted grain, which has been prepared using a process of steeping and drying to encourage germination and...

in 1806, there were malt tax riots in Llannon, Wales, in which a mob attacked 26 excise tax collectors who were searching for malt.: 322–23  Robert Walpole's...

Edinburgh for the murder of William Gordon. In July 1725, amidst the Malt Tax Riots, Robert Dundas's The Petition of the several Brewars in and about Edinburgh...

compensation from Glasgow Town Council (£9000) for damages during the Malt tax riots. When he died in 1729 the island passed to his son, Daniel Campbell...

hanged at Tyburn in London, for actually aiding criminals. June 23 – The Malt tax riots begin in Scotland in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, after the price of...

the King's Printing House. In 1725, during the time of the Scottish Malt Tax riots, rival political factions used – or at least attempted to use – newspapers...

He was almost immediately involved in the 1725 malt tax riots, caused by protests against a new tax that increased the price of beer. These affected...

were riots and wide-spread noncompliance which rendered the tax uncollectable. Coupled with mismanagement of government injections and low tax revenue...

impose wealth taxes, inheritance taxes, estate taxes, gift taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, environmental taxes, payroll taxes, duties or tariffs...