Taxation in Colonial AmericaTaxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists. Spanning the turbulent years from the founding of the Jamestown settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Alvin Rabushka provides the definitive history of taxation in the colonial era, and sets it against the backdrop of enormous economic, political, and social upheaval in the colonies and Europe. |
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... American Colonies 19 chapter 1 The First Wave 23 chapter 2 The Middle Wave 42 chapter 3 The Third Wave 56 appendix List of Tax Incentives in Founding and Settlement of the American Colonies 64 part two Turmoil in England—Growth in the ...
... Colonies, 1607–1688 228 appendix Taxation in the American Colonies, 1688 267 part three War in Europe—Opportunity in the Colonies, 1688–1714 271 chapter 10 Constitutional Government and Politics in England, 1688–1714 275 chapter 11 ...
... Colonies, 1714–1739 519 appendix Taxes in the American Colonies, 1739 556 part five War, Debt, Money, and Taxes: Prelude to Imperial Intervention, 1739–1763 559 chapter 20 Imperial Governance and the Colonial Constitution, 1739–1763 563 ...
... American Colonies 7.1. Connecticut Direct Taxes, 1651–1688 7.A. Ratios of Legal Rating of Sterling and Colonial Currencies Expressed in Pence Based on Full-Weight Spanish Dollar Part II: Appendix (A). Composition of Taxes in Colonial ...
... American Colonies, 1714 17.1. New England Bills of Credit Outstanding ( ), Silver Price per Ounce, and Sterling Exchange 17.2. Massachusetts Taxes, 1715/16–1738/39 17.3. Massachusetts Duties and Tonnage, 1715/16–1738/39 17.4 ...
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Turmoil in EnglandGrowth in the Colonies 16071688 | 65 |
War in EuropeOpportunity in the Colonies 16881714 | 271 |
Salutary Neglect in the Colonies 17141739 | 441 |
War Debt Money and Taxes Prelude to Imperial Intervention 17391763 | 559 |
An American Tax 17631775 | 713 |
CONCLUSION | 865 |
APPENDIX | 871 |
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INDEX | 915 |