{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Excise Bill - Newikis","description":"The Excise Bill of 1733 was a proposal by the British government of Robert Walpole to impose an excise tax on a variety of products. This would have allowed Excise officers to search private dwellings to look for contraband untaxed goods. The perceived violation of the Rights of Englishmen provoked…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Robert_Walpole%2C_1st_Earl_of_Orford_by_Arthur_Pond.jpg/1280px-Robert_Walpole%2C_1st_Earl_of_Orford_by_Arthur_Pond.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":1631}