Mage Joan

The various atrocities of the "sons of freedom", even the "moderates" in the anti-tax camp could not bear it. The author pointed out that tax collectors were only performing official duties assigned by their bosses, and they had no right to formulate tax laws. What did the parliamentary decisions have to do with them? relationship?

The use of violence to abuse tax collectors is actually harming the justice of the anti-tax movement. In the long run, it will do more harm than good.

Such remarks are indeed reasonable, but ignore the tax resistance movement initiated by the colonies, which is essentially a violent revolution.

The colonial masses represented by the "sons of freedom" did not want to reason with the suzerain country, and did not care whether the tax collectors who were insulted by them were innocent. They just wanted to use blood and violence to create an atmosphere of terror and deter tax collectors from giving up taxation.

Everything has "path dependence", and social movements are no exception. When the "land tax" and "sugar tax" were boycotted, the "sons of freedom" and their followers did just that. Since the precedents have proved that violent tax resistance is indeed true It works, is there any reason not to follow the prescription and do it again?

In the short term, the effect of violent tax resistance is immediate. The "Stamp Duty Bill" promulgated by the Fijian Parliament is like a dead letter. Tax collectors who were frightened by the mob did not dare to implement this bill seriously.

However, people of insight do not dare to be blindly optimistic.

The news from Feizhen showed that the authorities could not tolerate the various lawless actions of the colonial mobs. The Prime Minister Sir North, the colonial ministers and relevant committees of the Parliament are planning to send additional troops to the New World and will authorize the garrison commanders to adopt them. "Necessary means" to suppress tax mobs!

At this time, Jotunheim is like a sealed steamer. The boiling water in the boiler produces nowhere to emit steam, and if it continues to pressurize, it may explode.

In this case, the most sensible way is to suspend the implementation of the "Colonial Stamp Duty Act" to avoid continuing to stimulate the sensitive nerves of the Jotunheim people.

However, the Fichen government on the other side of the ocean was still intoxicated in the vanity of the "empire that the sun never sets". Instead of realizing the seriousness of the situation, it took a consistent arrogant attitude, adopted a high-pressure policy to deal with the colonial tax resistance movement, and authorized Wins. Governor Luopu dispatched a thousand-man army from the "Eastou Fortress" and stationed in New Avalon City in mighty way, and his intention was self-explanatory.

The arrival of Feizhen's garrison is like adding a handful of dry wood to the hearth, and the sealed steamer on the stove, which was already overwhelming, started the countdown to "explosion".

Just after the New Year in 1626, two big news spread throughout the world of Vares.

On January 1, 1626, the Prince of the Far East, Roland Kolas, was crowned and crowned in the capital Kolasburg. At the same time, the "Far East King Court" all joined the states collectively announced their integration into the Kingdom of Kolas.

This coronation ceremony, which announced the official birth of the "Koras Empire", also marked the arrival of a new era. The young monarch who created a new empire and led the new era was respected by countless admirers at home and abroad. His honor is called "Roland the Great".

The people of the old world were rejoiced or panicked for the strong rise of the "Kolas Empire", and in the New World across the ocean, the tax resistance movement in Jotunheim also reached its climax after the year.

At the center of this storm, New Avalon, the struggle between Governor Rolls Winthrop and the colonial council has intensified to the point of inconsistency.

Three generations of the Winthrop family’s grandparents and grandchildren have ruled Jotunheim for half a century. Any Jotunheim people who have a glorious vision of freedom cannot continue to tolerate the dictatorial “Winthrop Dynasty”. ".

Just after the New Year, the New Avalon Assembly blatantly raised the Governor’s opposition and publicly submitted a petition to King George III of Fijian, with three main demands:

First, abolish "stamp duty";

Second, withdraw the garrison in the city;

In the end, Rolls Winthrop was deposed and replaced by a more popular governor.

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Earl Winthrop immediately counterattacked and personally led the guard into the parliament building, publicly announced the dissolution of the new Avalon parliament, and the whole city entered a state of martial law.

Rolls Winthrop’s tyrannical behavior undoubtedly confirmed the accusations against him by the Parliament. However, the Prime Minister of Feizhen's Cabinet, Lord William North, believed that a resolute and iron governor was necessary to maintain the order of the colony. On the contrary, He said a lot of good things for this old friend in front of the king, and tried his best to maintain his authority.

The Fijian Council also ruled that it was a wise move for Earl Winthrop to dissolve the new Avalon Council, which was ensnared by the mob, and further authorized Earl Winthrop to use garrisons to suppress tax-resistant mobs when he deems it appropriate.

The news came back to the New World and caused great indignation from the Jotunheim people. Lord North became a "treacherous minister" condemned by the public, and the Feichen Council became the "hall of demons" in people's eyes, the source of all evil in the world.

Soon someone published an article in the newspaper, pointing out that in both houses of the Fijian Parliament, there is no member of the New World who represents the interests of the colonists. Of course, he would not care about the lives of the colonists.

Conversely, since the Fichen Parliament does not allow the colony to send representatives to serve as members, the people of Jotunheim have no reason to admit this unjust parliament, let alone the obligation to obey the bill made by the Fichen Parliament.

This political essay quickly spread all over Jotunheim, and the major newspapers of Midgard and Alfheim rushed to reprint it. The author’s point of view was summed up in one sentence, "No taxation without representation," and it became a colony. The most popular declaration in the anti-tax movement!

The New Avalon Parliament building has been locked and sealed by Governor Winthrop himself, and a guard has been deployed to patrol with guns, murderously.

But the lawmakers who were dispelled by him did not give in, moved to a manor outside the city, continued their meetings, and led the anti-tax movement.

Under the auspices of Joseph Adams, the parliament and the people turned their fighting spear on the accomplices of tyranny-the army.

In the following week, Adams and other parliamentary leaders wrote many articles and published them in leaflets and pamphlets, calling on everyone to work together and vowed not to stop without expelling Feizhen's garrison from New Avalon.

This type of article is like a "baton". The "Sons of Liberty" quickly took the slogan on the flyer as a "program of action", and took the guys in uniforms in the city as prey, and gradually launched tentative attacks.

From the initial spitting, spitting and insulting with alcohol, to throwing snowballs and throwing stones in the back, Feizhen officers and soldiers in the city were harassed more and more frequently, and the severity of them was escalating.

In order not to intensify the conflict, the commander of the new Avalon garrison, General Kang Huali, explicitly prohibits his officers and soldiers from using violence to counter violence. Even if they are humiliated by the mob, they must not fight back. They can only suppress anger and swallow their anger.

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