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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... arrears that often exceeded annual receipts. There are no extant treasurer's accounts in Rhode Island and the handwritten Journal of the House of Deputies does not include audited public accounts. Under the best conditions, colonial ...
... arrears, or the cumulative debt of the colony expressed in its outstanding bills of credit in circulation. Data on quitrents in Virginia are extant for 1690, 1695, 1700–1722, and 1750–65, but lacking in other years; data on the two ...
... Arrears of taxation plagued every colony, with annual accounts reporting arrears as far back as twenty years in some colonies. Money was transferred back and forth between loan officers and treasurers, which makes it difficult to tell ...
... arrears, and even the occasional violent rebellion. The distribution of the tax burden was often a hot political issue, but even those who bore the brunt of taxation were lightly taxed. There is a point of collection for all taxes. On ...
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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 |
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INDEX | 915 |