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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... Excises, Duties, Interest, and Provincial Payments, 1718–1739 19.1. Virginia Quitrents, 1715–1722 19.2. Virginia Poll Tax, Export Duties, and Tonnage, 1714–1722 19.3. Maryland Assessments Levied on Taxables, 1716–1734 19.4. South ...
... Excises, 1739/40–1762/63 21.5. Massachusetts Treasurer's Statements, 1734/35–1753 21.6. Massachusetts Treasurer's Statements and House of Representatives Audit Committee Reports, 1753/54–1762/63 21.7. Massachusetts Lotteries, 1744/45 ...
... excises. The financial statements of Connecticut's treasurers for 1673–1712 are almost impossible to read and ... excise might run from fall to fall. Thus annual or other periodic accounts of revenue from different sources encompass ...
... Excises were often farmed out to the highest bidder or assigned to county collectors of excises. Other persons were designated collectors of port duties. Licenses were sold to retailers of liquor and other goods. Vestries were empowered ...
... excises used to pay salaries and other incidental costs of civil administration. At times treasurers might transfer funds from one account to another to meet expenditures, crediting one and debiting the other, but these transfers are ...
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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 |