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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... France, save a brief peaceful interlude, concluding with the Treaty of Paris that formally ended the French and Indian War. Britain's victory eliminated the threat to its colonies from France, but the price of victory was high taxes and ...
... French and Indian War. Revenue figures in English and colonial records are incomplete and often collected in ways that make it difficult to distinguish among individual colonies or specific taxes. Drawing on public documents and private ...
... France in the French and Indian War. Britain's victory ended the threat to the colonies from France but left Britain with high taxes and a large public debt. The final period is the twelve years of turmoil and insurrection between 1763 ...
... French and Indian War in 1754 up to the Revolution. British concerns over the issue of “excess” paper currency, which they deemed the cause of its depreciation and the source of losses to British merchants, led to multiple laws ...
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Contents
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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 |
891 | |
INDEX | 915 |