The correct answer is C) refusal to pay taxes.
In the Colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT their refusal to pay taxes.
During the period known as colonial America, Quakers were known for their acceptance of a greater role for women in public worship, their opposition to the institution of slavery, and their refusal to bear arms.
In those years, they were also known as the Religious Society of Friends. They always treated people equally and with respect, because they believed every single human was different and a creature from God. Quakers thought that every human could have its own direct relation to God and do not exactly needed a church or temple to worship God.