sentences:  Although authorized by the Colonial Office in London, the tax was paid to the British South Africa Company, the agent of colonial government in the area.Coinciding with confiscations of cattle, the introduction of forced labour and a series of natural disasters, the tax probably contributed to the Shona part of the rebellion against the colonialists in 1896, known as the First "Chimurenga" or Second Matabele War.The tax was also used in Uganda and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).