The Taxation Act 1722 ( 9 Geo. 1. c. 18) was an Act of the

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passed in response to the

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and the Atterbury Plot. The Taxation Act, with the Oaths Act, is known collectively as the

Papists Act 1722 The Papists Act 1722 (9 Geo. 1. c. 24) was an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, enacted after the discovery of the Jacobite Atterbury Plot. The Act required landowners to take the oaths of Oath of Allegiance (United King ...

. Following the

Jacobite rising of 1715 The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( gd, Bliadhna Sheumais ; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts The House of Stuart, ori ...

, and seeking to curtail the political activity of both Catholics and partisans seeking to restore the Stuart dynasty, the legislature passed multiple bills that varyingly penalized and taxed Catholics, Irish subjects, and other political dissidents. Similar bills passed the parliament throughout the eighteenth century, frequently ratified in waves following similar events of rebellion, most notably the second

Jacobite rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the Monarchy of Great Britain, British throne for his father, James Franci ...

. The Taxation Act 1722, also referred to as the "papists tax", was championed by Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (who is generally regarded as the first

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). The tax sought to levy £100,000, which was to paid in addition to the double Land Tax already owed by Roman Catholics. The act's sister legislation, the Oaths Act, required a statement from Catholics in support of George I, and further oaths of royal supremacy that compromised the faith of Catholic subjects. Both acts received royal assent in 1723.

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