Much like the Crusaders at the beginning of the Crusaders in Venice, Alexius IV realized that his promise of 200,000 marks was too good to be true. While he claimed that he would reward the Crusaders for doing a personal favor, the majority of the public felt outraged with the decision Alexius committed. He already was unpopular because the city was at the time in peace until the Fourth Crusade showed up and forced the conquest of the city. [12] When he was only able to come up with half of the money, he immediately raised taxes within the city, committed to any means necessary to produce some sort of money, but still came up short. Even though most of the money went right back to the Venetians, the Crusaders still demanded the money that they
