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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... enacted duties, excises, and tonnage on trade and consumption; county, town, church, and education taxes; and other miscellaneous charges. Part I sets forth the tax privileges and exemptions that were incorporated into the founding ...
... , were not standard. Information in the accounts was often incomplete, riddled with arrears, and victimized by embezzlement. Tax laws enacted in colonial legislatures stipulated amounts to be collected, but [ 11 ] introduction.
Alvin Rabushka. enacted in colonial legislatures stipulated amounts to be collected, but the levies rarely matched actual receipts of taxes. In some cases, the only extant data are the amount of taxes stipulated in law and recorded on ...
... enacted, assessed, collected, repealed, amended, evaded, or resisted. Where pertinent, aspects of these experiences have been incorporated into the treatment of taxation in colonial America. part one Founding the American Colonies This ...
... enacted in Parliament. The first Navigation Act passed by Parliament in 1650, followed by several more trade acts right up to the American Revolution, established a system of regulated trade throughout the English (British) Empire ...
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 |