One of the grievances that fueled the French Revolution of 1789 was the salt tax, also called the gabelle. From Wordnik.com. [Infernal Revenue: Unusual taxes in history] Reference
It would be a modern gabelle: everyone consumes fuel one way or another. From Wordnik.com. [Greg Mankiw Pumps for a Higher Gas Tax, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Salt taxes were established, which harked back to the despised gabelle of the ancien régime. From Wordnik.com. [1. Domestic Affairs] Reference
First collection of the gabelle (salt tax) in France; increasing war levies and mounting dissatisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [c. France] Reference
The recognized right of the king to the taille, aides, and gabelle taxes made a good revenue available for defense and diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [1432] Reference
They enjoyed particular privileges, till the year 1753, when in consequence of a new gabelle upon salt, they revolted: but this effort in behalf of liberty did not succeed. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Embrun; but I am a King, my power is great, my wealth boundless; and, were it otherwise, I would double the gabelle on my subjects, rather than not pay my debts to you both. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
The people of the Boulonnois enjoy some extraordinary privileges, and, in particular, are exempted from the gabelle or duties upon salt: how they deserved this mark of favour. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Some provinces are allowed to compound for the gabelle or salt-tax. From Wordnik.com. [II. Book V. Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society] Reference
The gabelle, with its obligatory seven pounds of salt, approached a poll-tax in its operation. From Wordnik.com. [The Eve of the French Revolution] Reference
Poitou, and drink till they ring the fire-bells, as the Bordelais did to welcome the collectors of the gabelle. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Dog] Reference
There was another burden which shared with the taille and the gabelle the especial hatred of the French peasantry. From Wordnik.com. [The Eve of the French Revolution] Reference
He promised to dispense with all other subsidies and to make his son swear to demand nothing further as long as the gabelle was imposed. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold]
Lastly, and more important than all, the duke made no attempt to revive the demand for the gabelle ” salt was left free and untaxed. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold]
Cardinal and the gabelle. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A gabelle was put upon wine and salt. From Wordnik.com. [Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes] Reference
This bitter fruit -- the cursed gabelle. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5] Reference
Then followed the announcement of the gabelle. From Wordnik.com. [Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes] Reference
(1) Taxation, whether by means of feorm-fultum, danegelt, or gabelle, forced the poorer man to commend himself to a lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
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