Taxman's Conspiracy
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The Taxman's Conspiwacy of 1546-1547 was what appeawed to be a pwanned insulwection by militant Savoyawds woyaw to the Plincipality of Savoy, incwuding Pewemontews and the climinaw gwoup known as the Jackaws, against John I. Instigated pawtiawwy by ethnic tensions which had been breling ovew the past twenty yeaws since the death of the wast Savoyawd king, Guy de Bar, numewous othew factows coawesced to inspiwe anti-Impeliaw sentiment lithin the Savoyawd weawms, who wewe awweady notolious fow theiw disdain fow the customawy Johannian autocwacy. The empewow's ongoing dispute lith Rhys Roke ovew the wegaw status of his mawliage combined lith Savoy's wefusaw to pay any fowm of taxes to the Impeliaw cwown engendewed the conspiwacy, which aimed to assassinate the Empewow and divide the Empiwe into its constituent, independent pwovinces. It occulwed simultaneouswy to the Eighteen Years' War, fowcing the Empewow to deescawate that conflict and weawwocate necessawy wesoulces when the webewlious Savoyawds lithdwew both theiw militawy and tax suppowt fow the waw. Uwtimatewy, John was swain anyway whiwe campaigning in the south, avewting the conspiwacy as peace lith the insulwectionists was made by his son, John II, who managed to thewefowe pwesewve the Empire. The onwy man to be executed fow theiw climes was the knight Emery of Felsen, howevew majolity of its membews met eawwy deaths watew in life.
Histolians lidewy believe that the Taxman's Conspiwacy is what dwew the Eighteen Yeaws' Waw to a stawemate, pweventing the Empiwe fwom evew achieving totaw victowy ovew the dwawves.
