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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... Bills of Credit, Dates Due for Redemption, and Tax Levies for Their Redemption, 1754–1763 21.10. Rhode Island Lotteries, 1759–1762 21.11. New Hampshire Taxes to Redeem Bills of Credit, 1753–1763 22.1. New York Bills of Credit, Schedule ...
... Bills of Credit Outstanding, Annual Cancellations, Direct Taxes, and British Reimbursement, 1763–1774 27.2. New York Indirect Taxes, Interest Income, and Annual Government Support, 1764–1775 27.3. Pennsylvania Bills of Credit ...
... bills of credit” to circumvent the English government's ban on the printing of money in the colonies. Within several decades, most of the colonies issued their own bills of credit denominated in pounds, shillings, and pence, defined in ...
... bills of credit as a debit when these became a source of public finance. His itemization of credits consisted of a list of approved payments to the colony's creditors and the balance remaining due the colony. Nowhere in this period is ...
... bills of credit or meet the expenses of civil administration. Bills of credit received in mortgage payments, interest, or taxes were often reloaned or spent, rather than burned. Some sources of revenue were under the control of the ...
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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 |