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Ship Money: Resistance to the levy was met by further decrees, extending the tax to the whole kingdom, and directing that every landholder and other inhabitant be assessed according to his means, and the tax collected by distress if necessary. When John Hampden refused to pay.the tax, and was brought to trial, the judges decided, eight to four, in favor of the crown. One of the early acts of the Long Parliament in 1640 was to declare the ship-money tax illegal and no attempt has since been made to collect ship money in England.
Resistance. In 1637, John Hampden (q.v.) refused to pay his ship money. By a narrow majority the judges decided that the tax was legal. There was no constitutional remedy. In 1638, English taxpayers went on strike. In that year the government collected only 39% of its ship money levy compared with 89% in 1637. An army, painfully recruited, marched northward; it proved undisciplined, mutinous, and most unwilling to fight. It could not stop the Scots from invading England.
The ship's bar is, indeed, a big problem in pleasure for friendly travelers rho just don't have money to spend on liquor, or who have it, but prefer to ive it as sweetener of the travels in Europe. To cope with this problem, if cop-ig is needed, you may be (1) a teetotaler, which leaves you on the outer fringe f ship life, or (2) a determined conservative, refusing invitations sometimes, ut not always, sticking firmly to a one-drink maximum at all sessions, showing riendliness and generosity but not going all out.
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