To obtain means with which to equip a standing army, the King forced the whole country to pay a tax known as "ship money," on the pretext that it was needed to free the English coast from the depredations of Algerine pirates.
See State Trials, article, Ship Money, which contains the speeches of four judges in favor of Hambden.
Mr. Hampden resisted the payment of ship money to save the people of England from oppression, and the constitution from violation.
Ship Money" was a tax supposably for the building of a Navy, for which there was no accounting to the people, the amount and frequency of the levy being discretionary with the King.
Resolved to raise taxes without the authority of Parliament, they had launched their grand scheme of ship money, and they knew that its validity would speedily be questioned.
The question of “Ship money” being considered by the Court, it was thought that the Surgeons of the Company were free from the same by Charter, and a Committee of the Court was appointed to take counsel’s opinion thereon.
The Company were assessed to pay £10 “ship money,” whereupon an order was made that they should forbear to pay it, and a Committee appointed to wait on the Court of Aldermen to petition against the assessment.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ship money" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
